Table 1 Results of censored rate tests comparing common-rate versus multi-rate models of body size evolution in select pairs of diplodactylid clades.

From: Reappraising the evolutionary history of the largest known gecko, the presumably extinct Hoplodactylus delcourti, via high-throughput sequencing of archival DNA

Common-rate model

Multi-rate model

Model comparison

σ2 (± SE)

σ21 (± SE)

σ22 (± SE)

∆log(L)

likelihood ratio

p-value

NC clade versus Diplodactylidae

0.0058 ± 0.0006

0.0106 ± 0.0023

0.0045 ± 0.0005

7.0863

14.1725

0.0002

NZ clade versus Diplodactylidae

0.0043 ± 0.0005

0.0033 ± 0.0011

0.0045 ± 0.0005

0.463

0.9258

0.336

NC clade versus NZ clade

0.0083 ± 0.0015

0.0106 ± 0.0023

0.0033 ± 0.0011

3.9341

7.8682

0.005

NC clade (G. delcouri pruned) versus Diplodactylidae (G. delcourti pruned)

0.0047 ± 0.0005

0.0082 ± 0.0018

0.0037 ± 0.0004

5.6996

11.3992

0.0007

NC clade (G. delcouri pruned) versus NZ clade

0.0066 ± 0.0012

0.0082 ± 0.0018

0.0033 ± 0.0011

2.5312

5.0625

0.0244

Diplodactylidae versus Diplodactylidae (G. delcorti pruned)

0.0041 ± 0.0003

0.0045 ± 0.0005

0.0037 ± 0.0004

0.6022

1.2042

0.2725

NC clade versus NC clade (G. delcorti pruned)

0.0092 ± 0.0014

0.0104 ± 0.0022

0.008 ± 0.0017

0.3638

0.7252

0.3626

  1. “NC clade” includes all New Caledonian taxa plus Gigarcanum delcourti. “NZ clade” includes all New Zealand taxa.
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