Molecular evolution and expression profile of the chemerine encoding gene RARRES2 in baboon and chimpanzee

Biological Research

Table 1 Test to determine the evolutionary forces that underlie the RARRES2 primate genes using the Li-Wu-Luo method (Kimura 2-parameters)

Specie			Positive	P value for Purifying d_N	Neutrality
Specie	d_N	d_S	d_N > d_S	< d_S	d_N = d_S
Homo sapiens	0.1930	0.3637	1.0000	0.0277	0.0554
Pan troglodytes	0.1884	0.3618	1.0000	0.0256	0.0511
Gorilla gorilla	0.1897	0.3566	1.0000	0.0293	0.0587
Pongo abelii	0.1928	0.3851	1.0000	0.0194	0.0388
Macaca mulatta	0.1834	0.3671	1.0000	0.0222	0.0445
Macaca fascicularis			1.0000	0.0222	0.0445
Rhinopithecus roxellana	0.1834	0.3671	1.0000	0.0385	0.0770
Chlorocebus sabaeus	0.1892	0.3407	1.0000	0.0521	0.1042
Chlorocebus sabaeus	0.1889	0.3223	1.0000	0.0521	0.1042
Papio anubis	0.1834	0.3426	1.0000	0.0314	0.0628
Saimiri boliviensis	0.2250	0.3445	1.0000	0.0901	0.1801
Callithrix jacchus	0.2385	0.3834	1.0000	0.0685	0.1369

We tested whether d_N is significantly greater, lower or equal, respectively, than d_S using codon-based Z test of selection as implemented in the MEGA 6.06 software. Differences were considered statistically significant at a P <0.05
Bold numbers indicate P < 0.05

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