TABLE 5.
Effective population size estimated for constant populations of the three model species using the method of Jorde and Ryman (1995)
| Human (C = 56.80)
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Sparrow (C = 4.947)
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Barnacle (C = 1.793)
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| N1: | 100 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 1,000,000 | ||
| Sampling regime | S | Ne (F): | 511.8 | 5,118.1 | 370.2 | 3,702.2 | 120.0 | 1,199.6 |
| Newborns | 25 | 553 | 102,835 | 583 | Inf | 251 | Inf | |
| 50 | 523 | 6,778 | 405 | Inf | 143 | 6,848 | ||
| 100 | 515 | 5,286 | 372 | 5,488 | 124 | 1,591 | ||
Estimates are based on unweighted allele frequency differences between samples taken in two consecutive time periods; other conditions are as described in Table 4. Parameter C is calculated by iterating Equations 10–13 in Jorde and Ryman (1995).