Table 2.

Variance and Coefficient of Variation in Recombination Rates


Genomic variance in recombination rate
Species
Scale (Mb)
Estimate
Lower CLa
Upper CLa
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 rateb
Species
Scale (Mb)
Estimate
Lower CLa
Upper CLa
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