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. 2005 Dec;171(4):2073–2084. doi: 10.1534/genetics.105.043067

TABLE 6.

Point estimates and C.I.s for the TMRCA of the reduced sample

Method TMRCA (yr) C.I.
Maximum likelihood 63,000 (40,000–100,000)
Tang et al. (2002) 63,000 (29,000–98,000)
Thomson et al. (2000) 70,000 (10,000–130,000)
genetree (constant population) 84,000 (55,000–149,000)
genetree (exponential growth) 59,000 (40,000–140,000)