Table 2.

Correlations between Recombination Intensity and Microsatellite Density

Microsatellite type R2 F1,30 P
Combined[i] 0.238.800.0058
Tetranucleotide0.082.660.11
Trinucelotide0.061.760.19
Dinucleotide (all)0.176.250.018
Dinucleotide  (non-GT)0.0060.190.67
Dinucleotide  (GT only)0.3617.010.00027
Dinucleotide  (GT, female)0.113.17[ii] 0.08
Dinucleotide  (GT, male)0.7962.80[ii] 4 × 10−7

[i] This is the combined density of di-, tri-, and tetranucleotides in repeat units per million base pairs.

[ii] Partitioning the data into male- and female-specific recombination results in loss of some data points. The reported F statistic values are F1,25 for female and F1,17 for male.