From: A comparison of methods for estimating substitution rates from ancient DNA sequence data
Species | Scientific name | Tips (modern + ancient) | Length (nt) | Age range (years before present) | Outgroupa | Main sourcesb |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adélie penguin | Pygoscelis adeliae | 13 + 7 | 14,198 | 0–44,000 | Pygoscelis antarctica | [23] |
Brown/polar bear | Ursus arctos & U. maritimus | 31 + 1 | 14,609 | 0–122,500 | Ursus americanus | [43] |
Dog | Canis familiaris | 120 + 18 | 14,596 | 0–36,000 | Canis latrans | [44] |
Horse | Equus caballus | 147 + 20 | 14,910 | 0–42,577 | Equus asinus | |
Modern human | Homo sapiens | 200 + 37 | 14,893 | 0–7134 | Homo neanderthalensis | [48] |
Woolly mammoth | Mammuthus primigenius | 0 + 65 | 14,951 | 12,210–46,455 | Elephas maximus | [49] |