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Table 3 Likelihood ratio test between different models of evolution acting on genes in cluster B of duplicated zebra finch β-defensin genes (fig 2).

From: Evolution of a cluster of innate immune genes (β-defensins) along the ancestral lines of chicken and zebra finch

LRT test

d.f.

2Δl

P (χ2)

M1a vs. M2a

2

24.28

< 0.001

M8a vs. M8

1

18,46

< 0.001*

M7 vs. M8

2

20.42

< 0.001

  1. * calculated as P = χ2 1 (2Δl)/2: see Yang 2007 [58]and Swanson et al. (2003) [61].
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Immunome Research

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