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Table 2 Maximum likelihood estimates of different molecular clock models for concatenated sequences. The models are compared to the model without a clock via likelihood ratio tests.

From: Genome-wide acceleration of protein evolution in flies (Diptera)

Clock model

Parameters

ln(L)

2[ln(Lnc)-ln(L)]a

dfb

P

No clock

8

-459144

-

-

-

Global

5

-459296

302.89

3

2 × 10-65

Base of Diptera

6

-459229

169.93

2

1 × 10-37

Drosophila and Anopheles

7

-459203

117.57

1

2 × 10-27

Tribolium and Drosophila

7

-459146

2.69

1

0.1

Tribolium and Anopheles

7

-459150

10.60

1

0.001

Tribolium and Diptera

7

-459170

52.21

1

5 × 10-13

Tribolium and base of Diptera

7

-459170

52.21

1

5 × 10-13

Tribolium and tips of Diptera

7

-459170

52.21

1

5 × 10-13

  1. a Lnc is the maximum-likelihood estimate of the model without a molecular clock.
  2. b df = degrees of freedom