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. 2015 Jan 21;32(3):600–612. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msu394

Table 1.

Gorilla Population History Estimates.

Human–Gorilla Divergence Time (Ma)
8 10 12
Mutation rate per generation without CpG (×10−8) 1.461 1.169 0.974
(1.456–1.466) (1.165–1.173) (0.970–0.978)
Eastern gorilla population size (×103) 2.853 3.566 4.280
(2.755–2.956) (3.443–3.696) (4.132–4.435)
Western gorilla population size (×103) 16.774 20.967 25.161
(13.114–21.439) (16.393–26.798) (19.672–32.158)
Cross River gorilla population size (×103) 2.054 2.567 3.080
(2.352–2.755) (2.940–3.443) (3.529–4.132)
Western–Cross River ancestral population size (×103) 20.462 25.578 30.693
(17.294–24.191) (21.617–30,239) (25.940–36.287)
Gorilla ancestral population size (×103) 26.500 33.126 39.751
(25.829–26.965) (32.286–33.706) (38.743–40.447)
Human–gorilla ancestral population size (×103) 45.472 56.840 68.208
(44.349–46.608) (55.437–58.259) (66.524–69.911)
Western–Cross River split time (Ma) 0.046 0.057 0.068
(0.038–0.056) (0.048–0.070) (0.057–0.084)
Eastern–Western–Cross River ancestral split time (Ma) 0.174 0.218 0.261
(0.161–0.194) (0.201–0.243) (0.242–0.292)

Note.—Population history estimates by using G-PhoCS when assuming a range of human–gorilla divergence time (8, 10, and 12 Ma). We assumed migration events from western lowland to eastern lowland gorilla and from Cross River to eastern lowland gorilla (fig. 1, scenario 5). Values in parentheses correspond to 95% credible intervals.