Table 1. Coding region age estimates for Haplogroups common in Near Oceania.

			Coding Region nt577-nt16022 a						Synonymous Transitions b
Haplogroup		n	ρ	σ	TMRCA, years	SD	Founder age, years	SD	ρ	σ	TMRCA, years	SD	Founder age, years	SD
P1		6	8.33	1.35	42,800	7,000	53,000	10,000	4.50	0.96	30,400	6,500	44,000	11,600
P2		6	3.17	0.50	16,300	2,600	47,100	12,800	1.67	0.33	11,300	2,300	38,300	13,700
P3		5	11.60	1.81	59,600	9,200	75,000	12,800	5.60	1.20	39,200	8,200	59,500	14,300
P4a		4	6.25	1.39	32,100	7,200			3.75	1.10	25,400	7,400
M27		7	13.43	2.18	69,000	11,200	84,400	14,300	5.86	1.45	39,600	9,800	53,100	13,700
M28		8	6.25	1.37	32,100	7,000	57,800	13,500	3.00	0.97	20,300	6,500	47,300	15,000
	M28a	6	3.33	0.88	17,100	4,500			1.67	0.67	11,300	4,500
	M28b	2	8.00	2.00	41,000	10,300			4.00	1.41	27,000	9,600
M29		4	5.00	1.87	25,700	9,600	56,500	15,800	3.00	1.52	22,000	10,300	42,300	16,000
Q		23	8.65	1.38	44,500	7,100	70,200	13,500	4.91	1.02	33,200	6,900	53,500	13,600
	Q1&Q2	16	7.69	1.49	39,500	7,700			5.19	1.87	35,100	9,200
	Q1	13	5.23	1.01	26,900	5,200			3.23	0.82	21,900	5,500
	Q2	3	8.67	2.36	44,500	12,100			5.00	1.73	33,800	11,700
	Q3	7	5.57	0.83	28,600	4,300			3.29	0.64	22,200	4,300
	E1ac	2	1.00	0.71	5,100	3,600			0.50	0.50	3,400	3,400
	E1bc	3	1.50	0.58	5,100	3,000			1.00	0.58	6,800	3,900
B “Pol.Motif” d		13	1.54	0.34	7,900	1,700			0.92	0.27	6,200	1,800

^aOne substitution per 5,139 years (Mishmar et al. 2003).

^bOne synonymous transition per 6,764 years (Kivisild et al. 2006)

^cIsland Melanesia only

^dSource: Pierson et al. (2006)