Table 3 Pearson correlation coefficients (R) and their statistical significance between dN/dS and body mass for different datasets re-analyzed in the present study. Significant correlations are highlighted in italics
From: GC-biased gene conversion conceals the prediction of the nearly neutral theory in avian genomes
Dataset | Neornithes | Neoaves | Neornithes GC-conservative | Neoaves GC-conservative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R | p value | R | p value | R | p value | R | p value | |
Figuet+HMMclean | 0.11 | 4.66 × 10−1 | 0.3 | 6.00 × 10−1 | 0.51 | 3.53 × 10 −4 | 0.75 | 3.68 × 10 −8 |
Botero-Castro | 0.33 | 2.68 × 10 −2 | 0.69 | 1.41 × 10 −6 | 0.55 | 1.23 × 10 −4 | 0.83 | 5.86 × 10 −11 |
Original dataset of our study | 0.08 | 6.09 × 10−1 | 0.19 | 2.19 × 10−1 | 0.57 | 3.15 × 10 −5 | 0.72 | 7.34 × 10 −8 |