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. 2008 May;179(1):555–567. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.083006

TABLE 5.

Bottleneck decision table

No recombination
Recombination (r8)
Tstart Strong (b = 0.01) Weak (b = 0.1) Strong (b = 0.01) Weak (b = 0.1)
Small S (≈10), small n (≈20)
0.02 D, F, D*, F*, R2, Fs D*a, Fsa Da, Fa, D*a, F*a, R2a Da, Fa, D*a, F*a, R2a
0.04 D, R2, Fs Fsa, ZnSa, ZAa Da, R2a Da, Fa, D*a, F*a, R2a
0.08–0.12 R2, Fs D, D*, F*, R2, Fs, ZnS R2 D, R2
Small S (≈10), large n (≈100)
0.02 D, F, F*, R2, Fs, Dh Da, DFa, Fsa D*, Dh Da, DFa, R2a
0.04 D, R2, Fs Fsa, Ba, ZnSa, ZAa D, D*, R2 Da, DFab, R2a
0.08 D, R2, Fs D, F, R2, Fs, Dh D, R2 DF
0.12 Fs D, R2, Fs D, R2 DF
Large S (≈100 or more), small n (≈20)
0.02 D, DF, F, D*, F*, R2, Fs D*a, Fsa Da, DFa, Fa, D*a, F*a, R2a DFa, Fa, D*a, F*a
0.04 D, DF, F, D*, F*, R2, Fs, ZnS, ZA Fsab, Ba, Qa, ZnSa, ZAa Da, DFa, Fa, D*a, F*a, R2a Da, DFa, Fa, F*a, R2a
0.08 D, R2, ZnS, ZA R2, Fs D, DF, F, D*, F*, R2 D, R2
0.12 R2, ZnS R2 D, R2 D, R2
Large S (≈100 or more), large n (≈100)
0.02 D, F, D*, F*, R2 D*a, Fsa DFa, D*a Da, DFab, Fab, D*ab, F*ab, R2a
0.04 D, DF, F, D*, F*, R2, Fs, ZnS, ZA Fsa, Ba, Qa, ZnSa, ZAa Da, DFa, Fa, D*a, F*a, R2a Da, DFab, Fab, D*ab, F*ab, R2a
0.08 D, DF, F, D*, F*, R2, ZnS, ZA Fs D, DF, F, D*, F*, R2 DF, F, D*, F*, R2
0.12 D, R2, ZnS Fs D, F, F*, R2 D, F, F*, R2

Power is at the left tail of the distribution unless otherwise indicated. DF, Fu and Li's D.

a

Power is at the right tail of the distribution.

b

Only for finished bottlenecks.