* The errors were attained through 1000 bootstrap replicates are
in parentheses.
† Bold represents significant results.
Application of Likelihood models represents that the model M8 allows for
positive selection provides a better than the neutral evolution models
M7. Sites being positively selected were recognized, are given in (Table
4). In total, we find 12 codons under positive selection in sampled
species, of which three sites (25%) match homologues codons found
positively selected in other avian species and one (8.3%) matched human
peptide binding region (Table 4).
TABLE 4: Estimation of dN anddS substitution rates for sites positively
selected and their ratio for codons chosen a priori to constitute (PBR)
and not involved (non-PBR).