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Table 2 Default parameter used in two-population models, with and without migration

From: Detecting individual ancestry in the human genome

Parameter

Abbreviation

Default value

Sample size population 1

n1

100

Sample size population 2

n2

100

Number of independent SNPs

nsnps

5,000

Mutation rate (length)a

theta

2

Effective population sizeb

N1, N2

10,000

Divergence time

T1

2,000

Constant migration rate

4 Nm

0

  1. aThe scaled mutation rate theta = 2*Ne*mu = 2 describes a region of about 2 kb assuming a mutation rate of 2.5e − 8. bThe effective population size corresponds broadly to that of Africa.
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Investigative Genetics

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