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Table 1 Interaction between population size and persistence time

From: Widespread horizontal genomic exchange does not erode species barriers among sympatric ducks

 

Census size Nc

Effective size Ne

Persistence time (mean)

   

p = 0.5

p = 0.1

Anasplatyrhynchos

19,000,000

1,900,000

5,267,919

2,470,631

Anasacuta

5,400,000

540,000

1,497,198

702,179

Anascrecca

6,900,000

690,000

1,913,086

897,229

Anaspenelope

3,300,000

330,000

914,954

429,110

Anasstrepera

3,800,000

380,000

1,053,584

702,179

Aythyafuligula

2,900,000

290,000

804,051

377,096

  1. Population sizes Nc and Ne and mean persistence times in generations of the most balanced (p = 0.5; maximum frequency) and a rare (p = 0.1) SNP in each duck species. A ratio of 0.1 for Ne/Nc was assumed (see methods for more info).
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BMC Ecology and Evolution

ISSN: 2730-7182

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