Table 1 Isolation-with-migration maximum likelihood estimates (95% posterior density intervals in parentheses, when estimated) of demographic parameters obtained with IMa2 between three pairs of populations

From: The evolutionary history of the Cape hare (Lepus capensis sensu lato): insights for systematics and biogeography

Pop.1

Pop.2

Ne1 a

Ne2 a

NeA a

t b

2Nm1→2c

2Nm2→1c

NW Africa

Arabia

1,080,674

177,353

63,847

716,508

0.02 (n.s.)

0.00 (n.s.)

  

(830,014; 1,411,733)

(96,953; 190,859)

–

(489,495; 1,000,746)

(0.00; 0.81)

–

S Africa

NW Africa

218,983

1,107,427

68,823

767,482

0.01 (n.s.)

0.15 (n.s.)

  

–

(798,766; 1,548,868)

–

(433,794; 1,190,153)

–

–

Near East

L. europaeus

352,933

161,392

221,691

860,755

0.01 (n.s.)

0.06 (n.s.)

  

(207,503; 686,358)

(83,356; 278,445)

–

–

–

–

  1. aEffective population size of population 1 (Ne1), 2 (Ne2) and the ancestral population (NeA)
  2. bTime in years since species 1 and 2 split
  3. cPopulation migration rate into population 1 (2Nm2→1) and population 2 (2Nm1→2), n.s.–not significant
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