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. 2021 Mar 29;126(6):1000–1008. doi: 10.1038/s41437-021-00428-7

Fig. 2. Estimation of effective population size and divergence time of Turano-Mongolian cattle.

Fig. 2

a Bayesian skyline plot showing the Turano-Mongolian population size trend. The Y-axis indicates the effective number of females. A generation time of 6 years was considered (Bollongino et al. 2002). The black solid line is the median estimate and the blue shading shows the 95% limits of the highest posterior density. b Schematic phylogeny of mtDNA coding region from 158 Turano-Mongolian modern and 6 ancient cattle. This tree was rooted by a published yak sequence (AY684273). The topology was inferred by ML approach based on the complete sequences, while the BI time divergence scale (Ky) based on coding region sequences is shown on the bottom. Posterior probabilities are marked on the branches. The red dots indicate ancient DNA samples.