Table 2 Spearman rank correlation between features in relation to microsatellite motif length

compfreq

simpfreq

0

0.915***

0.714***

0.860***

0.789***

0.840***

compfreq

simpfreq

1

0.964***

0.900***

0.901***

0.693***

0.732***

compfreq

simpfreq

2

0.960***

0.809***

0.844***

0.755***

0.805***

simprepe

comprepe

0

0.736*

0.19

0.138

0.390***

0.313***

simprepe

comprepe

1

0.467

0.556***

0.183

0.519***

0.660***

simprepe

comprepe

2

0.758*

0.494**

0.067

0.370***

0.488***

simppoly

comppoly

0

0.024

0.029

0.201*

0.068

0.127**

simppoly

comppoly

1

0.701*

0.452**

0.291**

0.160**

0.222***

simppoly

comppoly

2

0.284

-0.217

0.037

0.143**

0.090*

simpfreq

simprepe

0

0.079

0.327

-0.053

0.486***

0.487***

simpfreq

simprepe

1

0.2

0.073

0.062

0.487***

0.404***

simpfreq

simprepe

2

0.03

0.303

-0.159

0.315***

0.363***

compfreq

comprepe

0

0.517

0.167

0.236*

0.296***

0.100*

compfreq

comprepe

1

0.333

0.015

0.433***

0.204***

-0.05

compfreq

comprepe

2

-0.17

0.432*

0.314**

0.609***

0.601***

simprepe

simppoly

0

-0.018

0.073

0.168

0.185***

0.136**

simprepe

simppoly

1

-0.255

0.263

0.055

0.130*

0.115*

simprepe

simppoly

2

-0.122

0.181

0.087

0.228***

0.129**

comprepe

comppoly

0

-0.25

0.534**

-0.049

-0.029

0.068

comprepe

comppoly

1

0.105

0.298

-0.099

0.201***

0.142**

comprepe

comppoly

2

-0.614

0.082

0.292**

0.434***

0.394***

*, p <= 0.05; **, p <= 0.01; ***, p <= 0.001