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Table 1 Summary of the expected demographic dynamics for M. ravelobensis and M. murinus under population panmixia and population structure

From: Impact of model assumptions on demographic inferences: the case study of two sympatric mouse lemurs in northwestern Madagascar

Hypothesis

Climatic event

M. ravelobensis

M. murinus

Panmixia

Structure

Panmixia

Structure

Hypothesis I

Late Pleistocene

_

_

Founder event

_

Hypothesis II

LGM

Bottleneck

↓ MIG

–

–

Hypothesis III

AHP

Expansion

↑ MIG

Expansion

↑ MIG

Hypothesis IV

AHP termination

Bottleneck

↓ MIG

Bottleneck

↓ MIG

  1. The demographic hypotheses are based on available knowledge about past Quaternary climatic dynamics in Madagascar and on the species ecology. LGM = Last Glacial Maximum; AHP = African Humid Period; ↑ MIG = higher migration rate; ↓ MIG = lower migration rate