Table S3a The pairwise coefficients of type I (θI) functional divergence between subgroups of bHLH-PAS proteins in animals Vertebrate Arthropod BMAL2/BMAL1 BMAL2/NPAS2 BMAL2/CLK BMAL1/NPAS2 BMAL1/CLK NPAS2/CLK CYC/CLK MFE Theta 0.72 0.47 0.53 0.93 0.93 0.06 0.64 MFE se 0.16 0.14 0.15 0.17 0.17 0.12 0.12 MFE r X 0.17 0.34 0.30 0.04 0.04 0.55 0.29 MFE r max 0.63 0.64 0.63 0.59 0.58 0.59 0.80 MFE z score -5.63 -4.00 -4.35 -6.23 -6.17 -0.49 -8.09 LRT Theta 10.66 17.49 9.85 15.97 21.26 0.80 50.48 Table S3b The pairwise coefficients of type II (θII) functional divergence between subgroups of bHLH-PAS proteins in animals Vertebrate Arthropod BMAL2/BMAL1 BMAL2/NPAS2 BMAL2/CLK BMAL1/NPAS2 BMAL1/CLK NPAS2/CLK CYC/CLK θII 0.08 0.30 0.26 0.45 0.49 0.00 0.25 θ SE 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.08 0.07 0.10 0.15 Ar 0.85 0.90 1.05 0.66 0.60 4.90 0.86 PIr 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31 p 0.23 0.59 0.58 0.57 0.55 0.15 0.59 d 0.18 0.54 0.58 0.25 0.13 0.16 0.61 F00,N 0.41 0.25 0.29 0.31 0.33 0.52 0.20 F00,R 0.00 0.04 0.06 0.13 0.14 0.00 0.01 F00,C 0.03 0.05 0.06 0.12 0.14 0.01 0.03 Table S3c The pairwise coefficients of type I (θI) functional divergence between subgroups of PER proteins in vertebrates PER3/PER2 PER3/PER1 PER2/PER1 MFE θ 0.43 MFE se 0.10 MFE r X 0.39 MFE r max 0.67 MFE z score -5.42 LRT θ 34.50 0.21 0.10 0.47 0.59 -2.31 6.70 0.12 0.08 0.56 0.64 -1.61 4.16 Table S3d The pairwise coefficients of type II (θII) functional divergence between subgroups of PER proteins in vertebrates PER3/PER2 PER3/PER1 PER2/PER1 θII θ SE Ar PIr p 0.20 0.13 0.81 0.31 0.40 d 0.29 F00,N 0.17 F00,R 0.01 F00,C 0.02 -0.03 0.14 -1.42 0.31 0.36 -0.06 0.12 -0.19 0.31 0.30 0.45 0.24 0.00 0.02 0.36 0.30 0.01 0.01 Table S3e The pairwise coefficients of type I (θI) functional divergence between subgroups of PHY proteins in angiosperms PHYA/ PHYA/ PHYA/ PHYB/ PHYB/ PHYC/ PHYB PHYC PHYE PHYC PHYE PHYE MFE θ 0.41 MFE se 0.05 MFE r X 0.40 MFE r max 0.67 MFE z score -10.68 LRT θ 0.31 0.05 0.40 0.58 -6.73 0.38 0.07 0.30 0.48 -5.94 0.32 0.05 0.39 0.57 -6.67 0.05 0.06 0.44 0.47 -0.89 0.19 0.08 0.33 0.41 -2.48 112.24 54.94 69.20 57.57 15.46 13.03 Table S3f The pairwise coefficients of type II (θII) functional divergence between subgroups of PHY proteins in angiosperms θII θ SE Ar PHYA/ PHYB 0.06 0.06 1.69 PHYA/ PHYA/ PHYB/ PHYB/ PHYC/ PHYC PHYE PHYC PHYE PHYE -0.07 0.01 0.05 -0.03 -0.08 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.06 -0.47 8.20 1.68 -1.50 -0.51 PIr p d F00,N F00,R F00,C 0.31 0.41 0.46 0.26 0.01 0.01 0.31 0.41 0.52 0.27 0.01 0.01 0.31 0.43 0.55 0.26 0.02 0.01 0.31 0.41 0.47 0.26 0.01 0.02 0.31 0.27 0.32 0.32 0.01 0.01 0.31 0.44 0.57 0.27 0.02 0.02 Legends of Tables S5 a-f and S6 a-f Type I divergence MFE θ: coefficients of type-I functional divergence MFE se: standard error of Theta-I MFE r X: coefficient of correlation between clusters MFE r max: maximum value of r X MFE z score: determines if an r value follows the normal distribution (|Z| > 1.96) LRT θ: likelihood ratio test Sites: Position of amino acids in the alignment. For Tables S5 a, c and e, positions 2-153 of locate in DNA photolyase related domain, position 182-451 locate in FAD binding domain Type II divergence θII: coefficients of type-II functional divergence θ SE: standard error of Theta-II Ar: radical changes under type-II functional divergence PIr: radical changes under nonfunctional divergence p: the proportion of (overall) differences between nodes d: distance between nodes F00,N: observed proportion of no difference in all substitutions between nodes F00,R: observed proportion of radical changes in all substitutions between nodes F00,C: observed proportion of conserved changes in all substitutions between nodes Sites: Position of amino acids in the alignment. For Tables S5 b, d and f, positions 2153 locate in DNA photolyase related domain, position 182-451 locate in FAD binding domain