Figure 3.

Boxplots of estimated ages for each of 200 replicate datasets simulated under identical conditions. Each individual simulation is composed of 20 loci sampled from a contemporary population of one million alleles. The magnitude of the population expansion was varied from the most severe case (a single founding allele) to a situation wherein 500 diploid individuals (1000 allele copies) colonize a new population. Dotted lines represent the simulated population age, 100 generations.