Table 2.

Number of possible SNPs and those actually observed in all synthetic populations at each cycle where samples were taken for sequencing. Percentages are relative to total possible number of SNPs for a given set of founders (n = 4, 8, or 12). We estimate that approximately 15–20 asexual generations occur between each cycle of outcrossing.

	S4	K4	S8	K8	S12	K12
Possible SNPs	112,738		122,663		155,516
Cycle 0	91,658 (81%)	71,771 (64%)	98,864 (81%)	94,965 (77%)	101,134 (65%)	50,352 (32%)
Cycle 6	75,712 (67%)	69,954 (62%)	78,078 (64%)	62,537 (51%)	79,070 (51%)	38,853 (25%)
Cycle 12	57,405 (51%)	39,085 (35%)	80,941 (66%)	61,636 (50%)	73,894 (48%)	5,171 (3%)