Table 2. Divergence dates of the seven Poicephalus species, with Psittacus erithacus as outgroup, analysed with a Bayesian lognormal relaxed-clock model.
Divergence times using mtDNA and nuclear gene regions following Schweizer et al. [57]: | Divergence times using mtDNA gene regions only following Schweizer et al. [57]: | Divergence times using mtDNA and nuclear gene regions following White et al. [58]: | Divergence times using mtDNA gene regions only following [58]: | |||||
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Node number/ID: | Mean: | 95% HPD (Mya): | Mean: | 95% HPD (Mya): | Mean: | 95% HPD (Mya): | Mean: | 95% HPD (Mya): |
a / Poicephalus | 10.4 | 7.32–13.87 | 10.34 | 7.11–14.03 | 10.27 | 6.55–15.04 | 10.63 | 6.58–15.73 |
b / P. robustus clade | 6.36 | 4.12–9.14 | 6.64 | 4.14–9.61 | 6.16 | 3.68–9.53 | 6.72 | 3.88–10.33 |
c / P. robustus ssp. | 2.24 | 1.15–3.60 | 2.67 | 1.35–4.37 | 2.13 | 1.03–3.15 | 2.62 | 1.27–4.45 |
d / P. gulielmi ssp. | 1.9 | 0.90–3.26 | 2.01 | 0.91–3.50 | 1.81 | 0.80–3.21 | 1.97 | 0.86–3.53 |
e / P. robustus population | 1.23 | 0.52–2.16 | 1.44 | 0.60–2.63 | 1.16 | 0.48–2.11 | 1.4 | 0.55–2.61 |
f / P. r. suahelicus-fuscicollis | 0.6 | 0.16–1.25 | 0.69 | 0.17–1.46 | 0.57 | 0.14–1.20 | 0.66 | 0.16–1.44 |