Table 2 dN/dS (ω) rates for null (M0) and branch models (M2) for UV, Blue, Long wavelength (LW), and RH7 opsins using species and gene trees and different number of taxa. Increasing the number of taxa shows significant differences between rates across nocturnal (ω1) and diurnal species (ω2) for color opsins but not for RH7 opsin, which served as a control.

From: Light environment drives evolution of color vision genes in butterflies and moths

Opsin

ω0

ω1

ω2

n

LnL0

LnL2

d.f.

2LnL

p-value

M2 vs. M0 gene trees

 UV

0.0328

0.0482

0.01643

24

−13222.396

−13196.06

48

52.54

<0.001*

 Blue

0.03251

0.0403

0.02945

23

−11310.806

−11308.083

46

5.449

0.0196

 LW

0.03264

0.0521

0.01173

24

−11232.972

−11174.84

48

116.27

<0.001*

 RH7

0.0653

0.0594

0.06719

33

−22578.67

−22577.68

66

1.978

0.15

 UV

0.03058

0.0445

0.02324

14

−6892.501

−6887.289

28

9.6

<0.001*

 Blue

0.0354

0.0343

0.03602

17

−9822.971

−9822.9126

34

0.115

0.735

 LW

0.03893

0.0434

0.03445

17

−6690.525

−6689.4261

34

2.197

0.138

M2 vs. M0 species trees

 UV

0.03206

0.0411

0.02609

24

−13265.664

−13260.007

49

11.314

<0.001*

 Blue

0.03361

0.0465

0.02922

23

−11333.887

−11328.244

47

11.287

<0.001*

 LW

0.03309

0.0495

0.02589

24

−11247.362

−11233.584

49

28.779

<0.001*

  1. Using species tree shows differences for all three opsins. ω0: rates for null model, ω1: rates for diurnal species, ω2 for nocturnal species, n: number of taxa, LnL0/2: log likelihood scores for M0/M2, d.f.: degrees of freedom for M2. 2LnL: twice the LnL2–LnL0, * highly significant p-value (<0.001), with rates from corresponding models in bold.