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Table 4 Time to the most recent common ancestor (TMRCA) in thousands of years before present (kyBP), estimated from Y-chromosomal DNA markers by BATWING analysis, scaled using effective population size (Ne)

From: Paternal phylogeographic structure of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in northeastern Asia and the effect of male-mediated gene flow to insular populations

 

TMRCA (mean)

Splitting time (mean)

95% Credible interval

Ne (mean)

95% Credible interval

All brown bears

472.7

–

186.8–1048.8

31,520

16,463–55,764

HK – (NA + EU + ET)

–

124.6

16.5–645.6

–

–

ET – (NA + EU + HK)

–

36.9

1.0–277.6

–

–

HK + ET

127.8

–

40.3–332.1

2457

865–6051

HK

55.3

–

15.7–153.9

1723

569–4380

ET

4.4

–

0.5–15.8

295

31–1125

  1. EU Eurasian Continent (Central Europe, Northern Europe, Western Asia, Eastern Asia, Sakhalin), NA North American Continent (Northwest America, ABC Islands, Canada), HK Hokkaido (Central Hokkaido, Eastern Hokkaido, Southern Hokkaido), ET Etorofu Island
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Zoological Letters

ISSN: 2056-306X

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