Table 4. Estimated time to most recent common ancestor for c.5266dupC.
Population group | Number of families | Number of generations | 95% CI |
---|---|---|---|
Russia | 26 | 72 | 49–107 |
Denmark | 22 | 61 | 40–89 |
Czech/Slovak | 58 | 53 | 42–66 |
Latvia | 25 | 49 | 33–72 |
France | 41 | 49 | 35–68 |
Poland | 24 | 45 | 30–64 |
Ashkenazi Jewish | 27 | 19 | 10–31 |
Other | 22 | 68 | 44–101 |
Combineda | 245 | 62 | 55–69 |
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.
Estimates obtained using the maximum likelihood method.
Estimates obtained under best estimate of marker mutation rate=2.75 × the rate in Weber and Wong.10 One generation is approximately 25 years.