\begin{table}%t3 \caption{\label{valorigrad}Current values for the oxygen abundance gradient from the models for the galaxies in study.} \par %\centerline {\small \begin{tabular}{cccc} \hline\hline \multicolumn{4}{c}{Milky Way} \\ & MW-A1 & MW-A2 & MW-B \\ Disk range & $\Delta$(O/H)/$\Delta R$ & $\Delta$(O/H)/$\Delta R$ & $\Delta$(O/H)/$\Delta R$ \\ kpc & dex/kpc & dex/kpc & \\ \noalign{\smallskip} \hline 4 to 14 & $-0.059$ & $-0.025$ & $-0.029$ \\ 4 to 12 & $-0.033$ & $-0.019$ & $-0.024$ \\ 4 to 10 & $-0.024$ & $-0.017$ & $-0.026$ \\ 6 to 12 & $-0.073$ & $-0.027$ & $-0.029$ \\ \hline \noalign{\smallskip} \multicolumn{4}{c} {M~31} \\ & M~31-A1 & M~31-A2 & M~31-B (k~=~1.25)\\ Disk range & $\Delta$(O/H)/$\Delta R$ & $\Delta$(O/H)/$\Delta R$& $\Delta$(O/H)/$\Delta R$\\ dex/kpc & dex/kpc & dex/kpc & dex/kpc\\ \hline 4 to 20 & $-0.016$ & $-0.018$ & $­0.020$ ($-0.031$)\\ 4 to 18 & $-0.013$ & $-0.015$ & $-0.018$ ($-0.023$) \\ 4 to 16 & $-0.011$ & $-0.014$ & $-0.019$ ($-0.017$)\\ 4 to 14 & $-0.011$ & $-0.013$ & $-0.021$ ($-0.019$)\\ 6 to 16 & $-0.010$ & $-0.012$ & $-0.017$ ($-0.015$)\\ \hline \multicolumn{4}{c}{M~33}\\ & M~33-A05 & M~33-A01 & M~33-B \\ Disk range & $\Delta$(O/H)/$\Delta R$ & $\Delta$(O/H)/$\Delta R$ & $\Delta$(O/H)/$\Delta R$ \\ kpc & dex/kpc & dex/kpc & dex/kpc \\ \hline 2 to 6 & $-0.015$ & $-0.015$ & $-0.063$ \\ \hline \multicolumn{4}{c}{Observed Values} \\ Galaxy & $\Delta$(O/H)/$\Delta R$ & References* & \\ & dex/kpc & & \\ \hline MW & $-0.040$ to $-0.060$ & 1, 2 & \\ M~31 & $-0.013$ to $-0.027$ & 3 & \\ M~33 & $-0.012$ to $-0.054$ & 4, 5, 6& \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \tablebib{(1)~Deharveng et~al. (\cite{Deharveng2000}); (2)~Rudolph et~al. (\cite{Rudolph2006}); (3)~Trundle et~al. (\cite{Trundle2002}); (4)~Crockett et~al. (2006); (5)~Magrini et~al. (\cite{Magrini2007}); (6)~Rosolowsky et~al. (\cite{Rosolowsky2008}).} \end{table}