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Table 2 Correlations of divergence at fourfold degenerate sites between avian lineages in 1-Mb windows

From: Molecular evolution of genes in avian genomes

 

Without controlling for GC

Controlling for GC

 

R

d.f.

P

r 2

r

P

r 2

Windows based on zebra finch genome

       

   Zebra finch/chicken

0.366

441

1.89 × 10-15

0.134

0.156

0.001

0.024

   Zebra finch/ancestral

-0.048

441

0.309

0.002

-0.146

0.002

0.021

   Chicken/ancestral

0.074

441

0.119

0.005

-0.046

0.331

0.002

Windows based on the chicken genome

       

   Chicken/zebra finch

0.778

438

3.71 × 10-16

0.141

0.138

0.004

0.019

   Chicken/ancestral

0.073

438

0.017

0.013

-0.008

0.868

0.000

   Zebra finch/ancestral

-0.064

438

0.180

0.004

-0.161

0.001

0.026

  1. d.f., degrees of freedom.