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From: Correlates of substitution rate variation in mammalian protein-coding sequences

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Mitochondrial results. Plots of mitochondrial synonymous substitution rate (expected substitutions per site per million years), against body mass in grammes (a-b), and maximum recorded lifespan in months (c-d). Substitution rates were estimated from a concatenated alignment of nine loci. Shown are phylogenetically-independent comparisons, (a) and (c), with the best-fit regression line forced through the origin, and the raw cross-species values (b) and (d), with lineages excluded from the independent comparisons analysis shown as empty circles. For the independent comparisons, trait measurements were log transformed, and contrasts standardised with their expected standard deviation [see Additional file 2]. (e) and (f) show body mass results for the Euarchontoglires, a subset of the data in (a) and (b).

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