When alleles with frequencies <0.02 were removed as recommended by Waples and Do (2010), the N e estimates of four of the six time points were infinite, while N e estimates for March and May 2009 were 498 (271–2098) and 464 (276–1241), respectively.
But the estimates for February job growth were fairly optimistic.
Several big retailers missed estimates for December comparable store sales, weighing on consumer shares.
American Eagle Outfitters also said same-store sales declined, but just slightly more than estimates for November -- and far less than in October.
The video comes at fiscally sensitive time for the state: revenues are still mildly ahead for the year, but they fell 5% below budget estimates for April.
Yet when the Labor Department reported employment growth of 144,000 jobs in August and bumped up its earlier estimates for June and July, yielding a three-month average of 104,000 new jobs a month, many economists said it was good news.
Apart from the 84,000 jobs lost in August, the bureau yesterday revised its original estimates for June and July, saying that an additional 58,000 jobs had disappeared in those months.
Generally, however, merchants fell short of estimates for October as well as November, Mr. Perkins said, "and that doesn't usually bode well for sales in the holiday period".
But downward revisions to sales estimates for April and May left in place a picture of a weak housing market and perceptions that economic growth moderated somewhat in the second quarter.
The scale tipped both ways: Kohl's, a few years ago the hottest retailing story in the country, fell far below its executives' estimates for December: instead of a mid-single- digit increase over last year, the moderate-priced department store chain fell 1.2percentt.
But, although any reading above 50 indicates growth, the figure was below initial estimates for October.
