TABLE 3

Maximum-likelihood and moment estimates of 1/(2N_e) and m relative to their true values, using different numbers of samples

No. of samples	Relative estimates of 1/(2N_e)				Relative estimates of m
No. of samples	Mean	SD	2.5%	97.5%	Mean	SD	2.5%	97.5%
The maximum-likelihood estimator
2	1.013	0.286	0.508	1.620	1.078	0.456	0.229	2.065
3	1.005	0.190	0.638	1.393	1.082	0.299	0.568	1.723
4	1.013	0.156	0.712	1.336	1.048	0.246	0.620	1.569
5	1.020	0.134	0.785	1.283	1.026	0.222	0.647	1.505
6	1.014	0.123	0.782	1.260	1.020	0.195	0.701	1.435
The moment estimator
2	0.748	0.415	0.016	1.616	1.179	0.341	0.565	1.857
3	0.722	0.307	0.174	1.363	1.179	0.250	0.750	1.688
4	0.728	0.243	0.264	1.240	1.174	0.221	0.775	1.618
5	0.737	0.222	0.342	1.214	1.171	0.207	0.815	1.628
6	0.734	0.194	0.401	1.152	1.179	0.180	0.873	1.577

The estimates of 1/(2N_e) and m, relative to the true parameter values 1/(2N_e) = 0.01 and m = 0.2, are obtained from the maximum-likelihood and moment estimators using a single sample from the source and different numbers of samples taken from the focal population every two generations. The size of each sample is 50 individuals, and 10 loci, each having 10 alleles, are used in the estimation.