Table 1.

Population expansion signal on the F_S test and mismatch distribution analysis and homoplasy level in the six simulated cases.

Case	Expansion time, τ	Mutation rate, μ		Proportion of non-significant Fs test	Proportion of significant SSD	Homoplasy index, P
		loci 1–2	loci 3–6
1	1 (recent)	5.5 × 10−5		0.038	0.052	0.049
2	3 (old)	5.5 × 10−5		0.002	0.051	0.297
3	no expansion	5.5 × 10−5		0.893	0.144	0.065
4	1 (recent)	1.65 × 10−4	10−7	0.553	0.095	0.122
5	3 (old)	1.65 × 10−4	10−7	0.240	0.060	0.606
6	no expansion	1.65 × 10−4	10−7	0.931	0.080	0.263