Genome-wide analysis of macrosatellite repeat copy number variation in worldwide populations: evidence for differences and commonalities in size distributions and size restrictions

Table 3 Posterior distribution of ratio of different modes’ locations for MSR5p (if existing)

						Posterior of ratio of modes locations
	Mode	Interval^a	Mode	Interval^a	Probability^b	Mean	Median	95% p.i.^c	98¹/₃% p.i.
ASN	2	[40,48]	1	[21,29]	1.00	1.80	1.80	[1.65,1.96]	[1.63,2.00]
	3	[60,86]	1	[21,29]	0.97	2.92	2.92	[2.60,3.26]	[2.54,3.35]
	3	[60,86]	2	[40,48]	0.97	1.62	1.62	[1.50,1.75]	[1.47,1.80]
CEU	2	[48,59]	1	[9,40]	0.77	2.24	2.13	[1.56,3.47]	[1.47,3.92]
	3	[65,86]	1	[9,40]	0.53	3.25	3.12	[2.21,5.00]	[2.09,5.57]
	3	[65,86]	2	[48,59]	0.68	1.45	1.45	[1.36,1.55]	[1.34,1.57]
YRI	2	[46,65]	1	[19,45]	0.88	1.67	1.66	[1.44,1.96]	[1.40,2.08]
	3	[72,92]	1	[19,45]	0.88	2.49	2.47	[2.08,3.00]	[2.00,3.20]
	3	[72,92]	2	[46,65]	1.00	1.49	1.49	[1.38,1.60]	[1.35,1.62]
Total	2	[41,59]	1	[21,30]	0.93	1.91	1.92	[1.74,2.04]	[1.70,2.08]
	3	[68,84]	1	[21,30]	0.85	3.01	3.00	[2.71,3.25]	[2.67,3.29]
	3	[68,84]	2	[41,59]	0.91	1.57	1.57	[1.49,1.67]	[1.46,1.70]

^ainterval of repeat units where the corresponding mode should be located, which directly results from the data and is visualized in the bottom panels of Figure 4. These are the intervals with posterior probability of a (non-minor) mode, whereas between these intervals the posterior probability of a mode is negligible. Our findings on the modes’ locations therefore are derived from the data, not from a personal choice of intervals.
^bposterior probability that both modes in the two given intervals exist.
^cposterior interval (i.e. Bayesian counterpart of confidence interval).

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