Table 2.

Variance and Coefficient of Variation in Recombination Rates

Genomic variance in recombination rate
Species	Scale (Mb)	Estimate	Lower CL^a	Upper CL^a
Rat	10	0.117	0.096	0.139
	5	0.191	0.160	0.223
Mouse	10	0.113	0.090	0.138
	5	0.207	0.173	0.243
Human (DeCode)	10	0.396	0.317	0.476
	5	0.513	0.436	0.594
Human (Marshfield)	10	0.421	0.344	0.504
	5	0.602	0.518	0.690

Genomic coefficients of variation in recombination rate^b
Species	Scale (Mb)	Estimate	Lower CL^a	Upper CL^a
Rat	10	58.6	53.5	63.5
	5	74.1	68.9	79.3
Mouse	10	63.5	57.5	69.4
	5	82.3	76.4	88.2
Human (DeCode)	10	51.2	46.8	55.2
	5	56.1	52.6	59.4
Human (Marshfield)	10	56.6	51.7	61.5
	5	66.6	62.4	70.9

↵a Lower CL and Upper CL provide 95% confidence limits estimated with 10,000 bootstrap replicates
↵b The coefficient of variation is expressed as a percentage

Comparative Recombination Rates in the Rat, Mouse, and Human Genomes