Table 2.

Definition of Variables

Variable name Definition (kb/Mb unless otherwise stated)
LOrdinal location of 500-kb segment from q11.21
MDMale cM/Mb
FDFemale cM/Mb
ADSex average cM/Mb
GDConfirmed and predicted genes No./Mb
RDCentri-ray 3000 rads/Mb
CpGCpG island counts/Mb
GCG + C content
REPLength of tandem repeats (10–100bp element,  0.03–5 kb total size)
RATLength of tandem repeats (10–100bp element,  0.03–5kb total size) >60% AT
RGCLength of tandem repeats (10–100bp element,  0.03–5 kb total size) >60% GC
SINE(Short Interspersed Nuclear Elements)  Length of ALUs + MIRs
LINE(Long Interspersed Nuclear Elements)  Length of LINE repeats
LTR(Long Terminal Repeats) Length of MaLRs,  Retrovires and Mer 4 group repeats
ELDNA elements Lengths of MER1 + MER2 +  Mariners repeats
SILength of simple repeats