Table 4.

Strongest Correlations of Sequence Variables and Recombination Rate in 5-Mb Nonoverlapping Windows

Rat
Mouse
Human
Variablea
rsb
Variablea
rsb
Variablea
rsb
CpG 0.386 LINEs -0.514 (CA)n≥20 0.511
SimpleRpts 0.376 Total IRs -0.506 CpG 0.498
Rn≥30/Yn≥30 0.370 CpG 0.503 GC% 0.449
Total IRs -0.362 An≥4/Tn≥4 -0.473 Rn≥30/Yn≥30 0.446
LINEs -0.355 GC% 0.464 LINEs -0.443
(CA)n≥20
0.343
(CA)n≥20
0.460
Sn≥20
0.428

a See Methods section explanation of sequence variable abbreviations

b Spearman nonparametric correlation coefficient