Table 1 Results of 1 000 simulations of single-rate BM and three alternative OU models with (A) the ratio between respiratory and total surface area, (B) the ratio between olfactory and total surface area, (C) the ratio between olfactory and respiratory surface area, (D) the 3D olfactory complexity (CHAR), and (E) the ratio between olfactory and respiratory 3D complexity (CHAR).

From: Convergent evolution of an extreme dietary specialisation, the olfactory system of worm-eating rodents

Model

(A) RespiSA/TotSA

(B) OlfaSA/TotSA

(C) OlfaSA/RespiSA

(D) OlfaCHAR

(E) OlfaCHAR/RespiCHAR

AICc

ΔAICc

AICc

ΔAICc

AICc

ΔAICc

AICc

ΔAICc

AICc

ΔAICc

BM

−132.63

34.35

−132.63

34.35

453.76

1127.27

−94.73

15.01

−127.42

62.83

OU1

−161.79

5.20

−161.79

5.29

−668.09

5.42

−107.18

2.56

−186.47

3.78

OU2

−166.99

0.00

−166.98

0.00

−673.51

0.00

−109.74

0.00

−190.25

0.00

OU3

−164.58

2.40

−164.59

2.40

−669.04

4.47

−107.50

2.25

−185.76

4.49

  1. BM and OU1 with omnivorous and all carnivorous dietary categories (carnivorous + vermivorous); OU2 with omnivorous, carnivorous, and vermivorous dietary categories; and OU3 with omnivorous, carnivorous, terrestrial vermivorous, and semi-fossorial vermivorous dietary categories. AICc = Akaike’s information criterion corrected. ΔAICc = difference between AICc compared to minimum AICc.