Table 6

Estimates of time since population divergence (Tpop) and time to most recent common ancestor (TMRCA), inferred using a coalescent MCMC approach to estimate migration and divergence

Coalescence Divergence Time (MDIV)

at 0.6%/MYR

at 1.0%/MYR

Clade comparison

mya

mya


Upland vs. Lowland

Tpop

6.45 ± 0.11

3.87 ± 0.07

TMRCA

7.74 ± 0.17

4.64 ± 0.10

Upland vs. Southeastern

Tpop

7.68 ± 0.60

4.61 ± 0.36

TMRCA

10.55 ± 0.20

6.33 ± 0.12

Lowland vs. Southeastern

Tpop

9.99 ± 0.64

5.99 ± 0.38

TMRCA

12.96 ± 0.66

7.77 ± 0.40


Time estimates are based on substitution rates of 0.6%/MYR and 1.0%/MYR.

Elmer et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:247   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-247

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