Mean and median estimates over 5000 replicates of the number of generations for different true values, ngen, and different sample sizes
| Sample size | n gen | θ ‡ | Estimates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean (95% CI*) | median | p out-ci † | |||
| *Empirical 95% confidence interval of the mean computed over the 5000 replicates. | |||||
| †Proportion of replicates in which the 95% confidence interval of the estimate did not include the true value ngen. | |||||
| ‡Recombination fractions between markers (20 markers were simulated on each side of the mutation). | |||||
| 2 individuals | 10 | 0.0005 | 18.5 (4–74) | 12 | 0.12 |
| 20 | 0.0005 | 35.3 (7–143) | 23 | 0.12 | |
| 100 | 0.0005 | 140.9 (35–511) | 105 | 0.09 | |
| 5 individuals | 10 | 0.0005 | 11.4 (6–24) | 10 | 0.06 |
| 20 | 0.0005 | 22.9 (11–46) | 21 | 0.06 | |
| 100 | 0.0005 | 113.7 (55–232) | 103 | 0.07 | |
| 10 individuals | 10 | 0.01 | 10.7 (7–17) | 10 | 0.04 |
| 20 | 0.01 | 21.3 (13–34) | 21 | 0.05 | |
| 100 | 0.01 | 100.9 (64–144) | 98 | 0.02 | |
| 30 individuals | 10 | 0.01 | 10.2 (8–13) | 10 | 0.02 |
| 20 | 0.01 | 20.5 (16–26) | 20 | 0.03 | |
| 100 | 0.01 | 101.8 (78–135) | 100 | 0.05 | |