Sentence examples for conservative likelihood from inspiring English sources

A more conservative likelihood ratio test for positive selection replaces the M7 null model with M8a, which has an extra category of ω fixed at one.

To avoid a potentially high rate of false positives common with pooled site methods (see [ 39]), we used the more conservative likelihood individual site (IS) method [ 40] based on the original proposed IS approach [ 41].

These analyses used: i) a conservative single-likelihood ancestor-counting (SLAC) method, which is related to that of Suzuki Gojobori [60] and ii) a fixed-effects likelihood (FEL) method that was used to directly estimate non-synonymous and synonymous substitution rates at each site (this method is more appropriate for data sets with a moderate number of sequences) [58].

With only eight justices — divided between four liberals and four conservatives — the likelihood of one side winning is highly uncertain.

Across the pathway, Pgi and Gapdh exhibit the strongest signal for positive selection using the conservative codon-based likelihood methods.

For 0-cells the conservative modified maximum likelihood estimate (MMLE) approach suggested by Gart and Zweifel [ 41- 43] was calculated for ORs and confidence intervals.

We used a conservative branch-site likelihood ratio test (Zhang et al. 2005) to identify orthologs with sites evolving under positive selection (ω > 1) in the symbiont terminal branches of the four-species phylogeny.

The highly conservative SLAC (Single Likelihood Ancestor Counting) analysis (Datamonkey)[ 66] revealed two codon positions evolving under positive selection in Tlr4 and only one in Tlr7, all of them being located within the ECD domain (p < 0.05, Table  2, Figure  2).

Those who preferred spending cuts — a conservative group, in all likelihood — generally wanted this tax cut to remain in place.

David John, a pension expert at the conservative Heritage Foundation, dismisses the likelihood of enacting far-reaching changes like those supported by Senator Harkin and Ms. Ghilarducci.

Although one might expect dissension to arise from Democrats critical of Bush's conservative nominees, the greater likelihood is that objection will come from Senate Republicans asked to confirm Bush choices who are Democrats.