Table 3.
Estimate of divergence times in millions of years (MY) for pairwise comparisons (dI) between Hereford and members of the Bovinae subtribe using estimates from Nei (TN) and a relaxed molecular clock method (TC) using Bison and Yak divergence dates from fossil records as calibration points (2.0 and 1.7 MYA, respectively)
| Hol | Tul | Ban | Bis | Gau | Mit | Yak | Anc | BubB | BubC | Ind | Mur | Syn | Ela | |
| TN | -0.13 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 7.4 |
| TC | -0.25 | 0.15 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 13.7 |
Species: (Her: Hereford, Tul: Tuli, Ban: Banteng, Bis: Bison, Gau: Gaur, Mit: Mithan, Yak, Anc: Ancient, BubB & BubC: Asian water buffalo, Ind & Mur: Indian water buffalo, Syn: African buffalo and Ela: Eland)