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Table 1 Time estimation of demographical history of A. morrisonia by MDIV and Bayesian skyline plot methods

From: Phylogeography of the Alcippe morrisonia(Aves: Timaliidae): long population history beyond late Pleistocene glaciations

 

MDIV

 

Bayesian skyline plot

group pairs

M

t div (Mya)

t mrca (Mya)

Groups

tasince expansion (Mya)

t mrca (Mya)

    

Fujian

0.20

0.51

Fujian-Hainan

0.02

1.15

1.72

Hainan

0.15

0.44

Fujian/Hainan-Taiwan

0.02

3.51

4.81

Taiwan

0.10

0.37

    

Wyunnan

0.30

0.67

WYunnan-SWSichuan

0.12

0.87

2.87

SWSichuan

0.23

0.76

    

Centre

0.17

0.27

Centre-Guangxi

0.06

1.12

1.73

Guangxi

/

0.17

Fujian/Hainan/Taiwan-WYunnan/SWSichuan

0.04

6.06

8.03

Peripheral

/

7.63

    

Middle

/

0.76

Peripheral-Middle

0.04

9.82

11.60

Total

/

8.11

  1. M, scaled migration rate, and M = 2Nef * m, T mrca , the time of MRCA in units of mutation rate and t mrca , the geological time transformed from T mrca by the mutation rate 0.9 * 10-8. ta, time since expansion, /, no demographic expansion was detected.