Table 2 Spearman correlation coefficients of (autosomal) chromosome distributions between successive phylostrata in Homo sapiens (Bold-type values have coefficients with P < 0.05)

13

14

15.1

15.2

17

18

19.1

19.2

12

0.0446

0.161

− 0.27

−0.211

− 0.29

−0.143

− 0.395

−0.549

P value

0.188

0.521

0.0681

0.00823

13

0.162

0.0209

0.283

0.18

P value

0.466

0.924

0.199

0.417

14

−0.00395

−0.215

0.239

−0.246

P value

0.984

0.332

0.28

0.266

15.1

0.248

0.0503

0.383

0.434

P value

0.262

0.821

0.077

0.0431

15.2

0.659

0.309

0.278

0.24

P value

0.000817

0.159

0.206

0.278

17

0.606

0.23

0.233

P value

0.00286

0.299

0.292

18

0.303

0.435

P value

0.167

0.0425

19.1

0.557

P value

0.00719