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Table 3 Pearson correlations among chromosome attributes (n = 11)

From: Genome-wide variation in recombination rate in Eucalyptus

 

RR

Chromosome length

GC content

Gene density

Transposable element density

Number of tandem duplicated genes

Diversity

Chromosome length (bp)

−0.74

**

            

GC content (%)

0.90

***

−0.76

**

          

Gene density

0.94

***

−0.70

*

0.91

***

        

Transposable element density

−0.59

ns

0.32

ns

−0.29

ns

−0.62

*

      

Number of tandem duplicated genes

−0.72

*

0.53

ns

−0.70

*

−0.75

**

0.46

ns

    

Diversity (Global HHW)a

−0.75

**

0.61

*

−0.82

**

−0.85

***

0.41

ns

0.78

**

  

Divergence (Global F st )b

0.90

***

−0.84

**

0.95

***

0.92

***

−0.40

ns

−0.79

**

−0.91

***

  1. aThe diversity within 6 Eucalyptus species, including E. globulus
  2. bDivergence between the 6 Eucalyptus species
  3. Significance levels are: *** P < 0.001, ** P < 0.01, * P < 0.05, ns P ≥ 0.05