“…Here, the “+1” term reduces bias, especially when is small (e.g. Prystupa et al, 2021), where a similar derivation of this bias correction is provided in the literature Akita, 2020a. By replacing with in Equations 13 and 14, we obtain the following estimators:andThe estimator of migration number (Equation 16) requires the (unknown) parent number in population 1 (); however, the estimator of migration rate (Equation 17) can be obtained using only the observed n...…”