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Table 2 Testing simultaneously for consistent within-species and within-lineage variations in nucleotide substitution rates (N: non-synonymous, S: synonymous) of the MHC-DRB molecule at different regions (ABS: contact residues, non-ABS: non-contact residues).

From: Correlated evolution of nucleotide substitution rates and allelic variation in Mhc-DRB lineages of primates

All lineages

Species-specific effects

Lineage-specific effects

dN, ABS

F42,91 = 2.311, P < 0.001

F59,89 = 1.875, P = 0.004

dS, ABS

F42,91 = 1.809, P = 0.010

F59,89 = 1.572, P = 0.026

dN, non-ABS

F42,91 = 1.491, P = 0.058

F59,89 = 1.490, P = 0.044

dS, non-ABS

F42,91 = 1.690, P = 0.019

F59,89 = 2.628, P < 0.001

dN, all sites

F42,91 = 2.120, P = 0.002

F59,89 = 1.694, P = 0.012

dS, all sites

F42,91 = 1.908, P = 0.005

F59,89 = 2.135, P < 0.001

Only HLA orthologous

Species-specific effects

Lineage-specific effects

dN, ABS

F20,18 = 3.152, P = 0.009

F16,18 = 1.155, P = 0.381

dS, ABS

F20,18 = 1.632, P = 0.150

F16,18 = 0.356, P = 0.979

dN, non-ABS

F20,18 = 2.253, P = 0.044

F16,18 = 1.104, P = 0.417

dS, non-ABS

F20,18 = 3.058, P = 0.010

F16,18 = 0.878, P = 0.601

dN, all sites

F20,18 = 3.347, P = 0.006

F16,18 = 0.986, P = 0.507

dS, all sites

F20,18 = 2.842, P = 0.015

F16,18 = 0.645, P = 0.809

  1. GLM results, when including all lineages and only human orthologues (i.e. after excluding W lineages)