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Table 1 Divergence time (direct estimates) between junglefowl species and with the common Pheasant

From: The wild species genome ancestry of domestic chickens

Pairwise species comparison

Divergence time (DT) in years*

95% confidence interval (years)

Domestic chicken–Red junglefowl

8093

7014 ≤ DT ≤ 8768

Red junglefowl–Javanese red junglefowl

1,164,612

1,009,331 ≤ DT ≤ 1,261,663

Red junglefowl–Grey junglefowl

2,557,021

2,216,085 ≤ DT ≤ 2,770,106

Javanese red junglefowl–Grey junglefowl

2,646,356

2,293,509 ≤ DT ≤ 2,866,886

Grey junglefowl–Ceylon junglefowl

1,766,945

1,531,352 ≤ DT ≤ 1,914,191

Red junglefowl–Ceylon junglefowl

2,842,140

2,463,188 ≤ DT ≤ 3,078,985

Javanese red junglefowl–Ceylon junglefowl

2,864,596

2,482,650 ≤ DT ≤ 3,103,312

Red junglefowl–Green junglefowl

4,057,810

3,516,769 ≤ DT ≤ 4,395,961

Javanese red junglefowl–Green junglefowl

4,059,609

3,518,328 ≤ DT ≤ 4,397,910

Grey junglefowl–Green junglefowl

3,992,696

3,460,337 ≤ DT ≤ 4,325,421

Ceylon junglefowl–Green junglefowl

3,997,328

3,464,351 ≤ DT ≤ 4,330,438

Red junglefowl–Common Pheasant

20,736,660

17,971,772 ≤ DT ≤ 22,464,715

Javanese red junglefowl–Common Pheasant

20,934,414

18,143,159 ≤ DT ≤ 22,678,949

Grey junglefowl–Common Pheasant

20,986,911

18,188,656 ≤ DT ≤ 22,735,820

Ceylon junglefowl–Common Pheasant

21,025,261

18,221,892 ≤ DT ≤ 22,777,366

Green junglefowl–Common Pheasant

21,361,699

18,513,472 ≤ DT ≤ 23,141,840

  1. *Assuming one generation per year