| s |
Number of synonymous sites |
| n |
Number of nonsynonymous sites |
| S |
Number of synonymous substitutions |
| N |
Number of synonymous sites |
| dS |
Synonymous substitution rate |
| dN |
Nonsynonymous substitution rate |
| dN/dS |
Selective strength of sequence |
| t |
Divergence time between two sequences |
| tr |
Transition /transversion ratio |
| dN-dS |
Difference in numbers of nonsynonymous and synonymous substitutions per site |
| |
(p-distance) |
| P |
Probability of rejecting the null hypothesis of neutral evolution |