Table 1. Out of Africa inferred parameters.
parametera | Maximum likelihood | conventional bootstrap 95% confidence interval | parametric bootstrap bias-corrected 95% confidence interval |
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7,300 | 4,400–10,100 | 6,300–9,200 |
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12,300 | 11,500–13,900 | 11,100–13,100 |
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2,100 | 1,400–2,900 | 1,700–2,600 |
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1,000 | 500–1,900 | 500–1,500 |
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0.40 | 0.15–0.66 | 0.26–0.57 |
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510 | 310–910 | 320–750 |
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0.55 | 0.23–0.88 | 0.32–0.79 |
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25 | 15–34 | 19–36 |
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3.0 | 2.0–6.0 | 1.6–7.6 |
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1.9 | 0.3–10.4 | 0.7–6.9b |
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9.6 | 2.3–17.4b | 5.7–20.2 |
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220 | 100–510 | 90–410 |
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140 | 40–270 | 60–310 |
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21.2 | 17.2–26.5 | 17.6–23.9 |
aSee Figure 2B for model schematic. Growth rates and migration rates
are per generation.
bOne low-migration outlier was removed for each of these estimations.