Table 1 Hypotheses and the corresponding scenarios for the grouping of eudicot TFL1 and magnoliid TFL1-like genes

From: Functional divergence and intron variability during evolution of angiosperm TERMINAL FLOWER1 (TFL1) genes

Hypotheses

Scenarios

1.ω 1 = ω 2 ≤ 1

Functional constraint hypothesis

2.ω 1 = ω 2 > 1

Synchronous selection hypothesis

3.ω 1 ≠ ω 2

Phylogenetic convergence driven by different selective pressures

  3.1.ω 1 > 1, ω 2 > 1

Different strengths of positive selection on eudicot TFL1 and magnoliid TFL1-like

  3.2.ω 1 > 1, ω 2 ≤ 1

Positive selection drives the convergence of eudicot TFL1 into magnoliid TFL1-like

  3.3.ω 2 > 1, ω 1 ≤ 1

Positive selection drives the convergence of magnoliid TFL1-like into eudicot TFL1

  3.4.ω 0 < ω 1 ≤ 1

Relaxation of selective constraints for eudicot TFL1

  3.5.ω 0 < ω 2 ≤ 1

Relaxation of selective constraints for magnoliid TFL1-like

  3.6.ω 1 ≤ ω 0 ≤ 1

Purifying selection on eudicot TFL1

  3.7.ω 2 ≤ ω 0 ≤ 1

Purifying selection on magnoliid TFL1-like

  1. ω 1, ω 2, and ω 0 are the Ka/Ks ratio of the branches of eudicot TFL1, magnoliid TFL1-like, and the other lineages (backgrounds), respectively. The ω 1 was also set for the eudicot CEN and monocot RCN1~3 for testing the same hypotheses.