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

Table 3.

Correlationsa of Chromosomal Variables and Recombination Rate in Nonoverlapping Windows



5 Mb
Variable
Rat
Mouse
Human
ChrSizeb -0.150 -0.074 (n.s.) -0.216
ArmSizeb -0.143 -0.074 (n.s.) -0.316
DistCentro 0.154 0.209 0.530
DistCenter
0.273
0.205
0.589
10 Mb
Variable
Rat
Mouse
Human
ChrSizeb -0.162 -0.081 (n.s.) -0.217
ArmSizeb -0.158 -0.081 (n.s.) -0.317
DistCentro 0.186 0.299 0.598
DistCenter
0.353
0.149
0.631
  • a Spearman nonparametric correlation coefficients (rs). Nonsignificant correlations are indicated by “n.s”

  • b Chromosome size and arm size are identical for mouse, because all mouse chromosomes are telocentric

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