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. 2013 Jun 6;9(6):e1003521. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003521

Table 2. Demographic parameters estimated from trio data.

Parameter Estimate (kya) Mean est. from simul. Parameter Estimate Mean est. from simul.
Inline graphic 5.86 5.0 Inline graphic 13,298 106,036
Inline graphic 13.17 15.03 Inline graphic 1,531 1,695
Inline graphic 55.11 47.13 Inline graphic 5,125 5,117
Inline graphic 239.06 145.19 Inline graphic 6,900 6,312
Inline graphic 55.11 57.10 Inline graphic 8,606 7,898
Inline graphic 365.12 280.26 Inline graphic 4,772 5,609
Inline graphic 483.89 426.11 Inline graphic Inline graphic Inline graphic
Inline graphic 0.0589 0.0393

These times, population sizes and migration rates parameterize the history depicted in Figure 7. The migration rate Inline graphic is the fraction of the European population made up of new migrants from the YRI population each generation between Inline graphic and Inline graphic; it is also the fraction of the African population made up of new European immigrants each generation during the same time period.