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. 2000 Jun 20;97(13):7360–7365. doi: 10.1073/pnas.97.13.7360

Table 4.

The present day effective population size, N0, and maximum likelihood estimates of the population growth rate, β and θ, with central 95% probability intervals for each

Gene β̂ β1 β2 θ̂ θ1 θ2 P (data) 0 β̂/0
SMCY 70 47.6 79.9 70 36.5 85.0 3.5  × 10−20 27,000 0.0026
DBY 110 33.8 142.8 22 11.7 26.3 9.4  × 10−4 41,000 0.0027
DFFRY 100 65.9 119.7 29 21.1 31.3 2.3  × 10−10 36,000 0.0027
Three genes 70 6.0 103.4 110 37.5 139.6 1.8  × 10−30 28,000 0.0025

θ is the rate for the entire gene. β̂/0 is the estimated growth rate per generation. The 95% central probability intervals for β and θ are (β1, β2) and (θ1, θ2) respectively.