Table 2 TMRCA estimates using a) SNP and b) Y-STR data.

From: Whole Y-chromosome sequences reveal an extremely recent origin of the most common North African paternal lineage E-M183 (M81)

(a)

TMRCA (Y-SNP data)

Bayesian approach

Rho-based approach

  

Mutation rate

E-M78

E-M183

E-M78

E-M183

  

10−9 substitutions/site/year2

9693 [8093, 11352]

2284 [1809, 2783]

9723 [8655, 10791]

1730 [1481, 1979]

  

6.17 × 10−10 substitutions/site/year24

12675 [10572, 14837]

2984 [2365, 3639]

12758 [11356, 14160]

2270 [1943, 2597]

  

(b)

TMRCA (Y-STRs data)

Rho-based approach

Mutation rate

E-M183

E-SM001

E-PF6794

E-M6789

E-CTS12227

E-Z5009

1/858 years (www.yhrd.org, accessed on Dec. 14th, 2016)

2012 [1583, 2441]

1997 [1566, 2428]

1539 [1173, 1905]

1401 [1047, 1755]

2288 [1690, 2886]

1873 [1463, 2283]

  1. Columns labelled E-M78 refer to the divergence time between E-M78 and E-M183 rather than to the TMRCA of E-M78.
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