Modeling the Amplification Dynamics of Human Alu Retrotransposons
Figure 2
Distribution of Subfamily Sequence Variation π (x-Axis) versus IPL (y-Axis)
Expectations based on 1,000 replicates of expansion models M0–M6. Shaded area in each plot indicates 95% of resulting values for each model. Observed (π and IPL) values for ten recent human Alu subfamilies are shown as black diamonds. These results are based on a generation time of 25 y and an effective population size of 10,000 individuals.