Table 1.
Significance of the Association between Diversity (or Divergence) Levels and Estimates of Human Recombination Rates
| Data Set | Kendall’s τa (P)b | Pearson’s rc (P)b | n |
| Diversity: | |||
| Stephens et al. (2001) | .111 (.010) | .127 (.039) | 263 |
| SeattleSNPs | .171 (.037) | .257 (.025) | 76 |
| NIEHS SNPs | .178 (.032) | .249 (.032) | 74 |
| Divergence: | |||
| SeattleSNPs | .164 (.037) | .259 (.024) | 76 |
| Chimp shotgun | .149 (10−6) | .214 (2×10-6) | 480 |
| Chimp BAC | .235 (4×10-4) | .289 (.003) | 103 |
| Baboon BAC | .204 (.001) | .264 (.004) | 115 |
a
τ is Kendall’s coefficient of rank correlation.
b
P values are two-tailed.
c
r is Pearson’s correlation coefficient.