A first-generation microsatellite-based genetic linkage map of the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus): insights into avian genome evolution

Table 2 The Wilcoxon's signed-rank test results for recombination fraction (θ) between sexes with linkage groups

Linkage groups	N ^a	Average θ_F^b	Average θ_M^c	θ_F/θ_M	Wilcoxon's signed-rank test (P)^d
LG1	28	0.071	0.055	1.29	0.174
LG2	26	0.085	0.054	1.57	0.046 *
LG3	12	0.152	0.133	1.14	0.323
LG4	10	0.101	0.077	1.31	0.038 *
LG5	7	0.127	0.110	1.15	0.687
LG6	5	0.178	0.126	1.41	0.192
LG7	2	0.115	0.145	0.79	0.5
LG8	1	0.09	0.18	0.5	-
LG9	1	0.12	0.08	1.5	-
Total autosomal	92	0.101	0.079	1.28	0.037 *
LGZ	5	0.02	0.094	0.21	0.025*

^anumber of intervals; ^baverage recombination fraction in females; ^caverage recombination fractions in males; ^d*, significant, P < 0.05.

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