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Table 2 Comparison of evolutionary rates among different hosts

From: Evolution of the M gene of the influenza A virus in different host species: large-scale sequence analysis

  

Av1

Av2

awithin each host

 

Evolutionary rate (number of substitutions/site/year)

5.76 × 10-4

1.63 × 10-4

 

Hu1

7.34 × 10-4

0.020

< 0.001

 

Hu2

12.8 × 10-4

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Sw1

9.23 × 10-4

< 0.001

< 0.001

 

Sw2

18.4 × 10-4

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

CE

5.40 × 10-4

0.795

0.007

 
  1. List of P-values for differential evolutionary rates.
  2. aP-values for lineages of same host: Hu1 vs. Hu2 and Sw1 vs. Sw2.
  3. Bold values are those deemed to show significantly positive selection (P < 0.05).