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Table 1 Variables and constant parameters used in the study

From: Gene flow analysis method, the D-statistic, is robust in a wide parameter space

Variable

Scheme 1: analysis of branch lengths and population

Scheme 2: analysis of outgroup distance

Scheme 3: analysis of number and size of loci

Scheme 4: analysis of diploid data

Divergence (T3)

0.001, 0.01 or 0.1 × 1/μ Generations

0.001 or 0.01 × 1/μ Generations

0.001 or 0.01 × 1/μ Generations

0.001 or 0.01 × 1/μ Generations

Tgf/T2

0.25, 0.5 or 0.75

0.5

0.5

One of these combinations:

0.25 and 0.1; 0.5 and 0.5; or 0.75 and 0.9.

T2/T3

0.1, 0.5 or 0.9

0.5

0.5

T4/T3

2

1.5, 2, 5, 10 or 20

2

2

Population size

0.2, 0.5, 1, 2 or 5 T3

0.2, 0.5, 1, 2 or 5 T3

0.2, 0.5, 1, 2 or 5 T3

0.2, 1, or 5 T3

Number of loci

50,000

50,000

2000, 5000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000 or 100,000

50,000

Replicates

3

3

3

3

Total datasets

405

150

180

54

  1. Datasets were simulated in three schemes, focusing on different parameters. Parameters not varied in that scheme are in italics