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Table 3 Prior and posterior estimates of number of unsampled parents

From: Molecular pedigree reconstruction and estimation of evolutionary parameters in a wild Atlantic salmon river system with incomplete sampling: a power analysis

Cohort year

Dam

Sire

Prior

Posterior (95% CI)

Prior

Posterior (95% CI)

1977

260

167 (120–228)

250

966 (412–3922)

1978

228

47 (35–63)

202

1161 (215–19463)

1979

386

192 (146–252)

341

513 (349–809)

1980

296

158 (114–222)

279

369(180–1097)

1981

140

77 (58–99)

181

110 (79–161)

1982

150

184 (111–306)

180

517 (176–2357)

  1. Prior unsampled population numbers are based on census population, sex ratio and precocious male parr contribution estimates (see the Methods section for details). Posterior numbers (median, 95% CI) are estimated within a Bayesian framework simultaneously with parentage using MASTERBAYES.