TABLE 2.

Results for the test of the model D(h − c) = chromosome + length, where chromosome is a factor with two levels to indicate whether the microsatellites are from the nonrecombining Y chromosome or from autosomal chromosomes, while length is a continuous variable measured in repeat units

	d.f.	Sum of squares	Mean squares	F-ratio	P(>F)	Significance
Chromosome	1	243	243	5.2045	0.02253	*
Length	1	3,287	3,287	70.4725	0.00000	***
Error	83,355	3,887,898	47

Significance is shown at *P < 0.05 and at ***P < 0.001.