Table A4.
TMRCA Estimates (in KYA) and 95% CIs of Y-Chromosomal Lineages in North Africa[Note]
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TMRCA [in KY] (95% CI) |
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| Lineage | Mutation | No. of Chromosomes | 30 Years/Generationa | 25 Years/Generationb |
| All | 256 | 13.25 (9.56–18.50) | 35.51 (25.12–54.40) | |
| E | M145 | 135 | 9.63 (7.39–12.68) | 21.76 (16.51–27.77) |
| E3a | M2 | 2 | 2.97 (1.49–5.02) | 6.18 (3.15–8.99) |
| E1 | M33 | 2 | 4.10 (2.37–6.74) | 8.12 (5.32–14.46) |
| E3b1 | M78 | 27 | 4.70 (3.43–6.37) | 10.05 (8.48–11.90) |
| E3b | M35 | 131 | 8.70 (6.53–11.51 | 19.54 (15.06–25.71 |
| E3b2 | M81 | 85 | 3.87 (2.94–5.10 | 7.61 (6.62–8.68 |
| F | M89 | 122 | 9.75 (7.42–12.64) | 22.87 (19.87–26.33) |
| J | 12f2 | 72 | 6.78 (4.85–9.52) | 15.43 (11.91–19.34) |
| J2 | M172 | 11 | 3.70 (2.72–4.86) | 7.64 (6.42–9.96) |
| R | M173 | 22 | 5.48 (4.01–7.17) | 12.03 (9.39–14.82) |
| I | M170 | 1 | … | … |
| K | M9 | 32 | 7.94 (5.88–10.51) | 17.80 (13.63–23.05) |
Note.— Estimates are based on the 15 STRs in the five North African samples of the present study.
a
The two parameters describing the population growth (alpha and beta) have been set as in footnote a of table 2, by use of the same microsatellite mutation rates as in that footnote.