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Table 2 ∂a∂i divergence time estimates between junglefowl species

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

81,215

70,386 ≤ DT ≤ 87,983

Red junglefowl–Ceylon junglefowl

2,963,109

2,568,028 ≤ DT ≤ 3,210,035

Red junglefowl–Green junglefowl

5,659,029

4,904,492 ≤ DT ≤ 6,130,615

Ceylon junglefowl–Green junglefowl

2,181,977

1,891,046 ≤ DT ≤ 2,363,808

  1. *Assuming one generation per year