Table 1 Definition and prior distribution of parameters used in the definition of the 25 tested scenarios
Parameter name | Distribution | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Type | Interval | ||
Population effective sizes of the ancestral population | N | Uniform | {10–100 000} |
Population leading to Brazilian population founder event | NOb | Uniform | {10–100 000} |
Population leading to Equatorian population founder event | NOe | Uniform | {10–100 000} |
Population leading to Guatemalan population founder event | NOgt | Uniform | {10–100 000} |
Population leading to French Guyanian population founder event | NOgy | Uniform | {10–100 000} |
Population leading to unsampled population founder event | NOu | Uniform | {10–100 000} |
Bottleneck during founder event of Brazilian population | NBb | Log-uniform | {1–100} |
Bottleneck during founder event of Equatorian population | NBe | Log-uniform | {1–100} |
Bottleneck during founder event of Guatemalan population | NBgt | Log-uniform | {1–100} |
Bottleneck during founder event of French Guiana population | NBgy | Log-uniform | {1–100} |
Bottleneck during founder event of unsampled population | NBu | Log-uniform | {1–100} |
Brazilian population | Nb | Uniform | {10–100 000} |
Equatorian population | Ne | Uniform | {10–100 000} |
Guatemalan population | Ngt | Uniform | {10–100 000} |
French Guiana population | Ngy | Uniform | {10–100 000} |
Unsampled population | Nu | Uniform | {10–100 000} |
Time of the ancestral divergence in source population | TO | Uniform | {600–100 000} |
Founder event of the Brazilian population | TFb | Log-uniform | {16–500} |
Founder event of the Equatorian population | TFe | Log-uniform | {16–500} |
Founder event of the Guatemalan population | TFgt | Log-uniform | {16–500} |
Founder event of the French Guiana population | TFgy | Log-uniform | {16–500} |
Founder event of the unsampled population | TFu | Log-uniform | {16–500} |
Secondary founder event of Brazilian population | TSb | Log-uniform | {16–500} |
Secondary founder event of Equatorian population | TSe | Log-uniform | {16–500} |
Secondary founder event of Guatemalan population | TSgt | Log-uniform | {16–500} |
Secondary founder event of French Guiana population | TSgy | Log-uniform | {16–500} |
Admixture event | TA | Log-uniform | {16–500} |
Rate of admixture | ra | Uniform | {0.001–0.999} |
Mutation model parameters | |||
Mean mutation rate | Mμmic | Uniform | {10−4–10−3} |
Mean parameter of the geometric distribution of the number of repeats | MP | Uniform | {0.1–0.3} |
Mean single nucleotide insertion/deletion mutation rate | Mμsni | Log-uniform | {10−8–10−4} |
