Table 2.

Correlation between linkage disequilibrium and physical distance in four scorpion species. (Estimates of R² and |D′| were carried out using the computer package ‘LDhat’. p values were calculated from a one-sided Mantel test with 10 000 permutations. Genes were tested in the order 16S-5 kb-coxI using the shorter distance. Estimates do not change remarkably if they are tested using the longer connection of approximately 10 kb. ***p values <0.000 1, **p values >0.000 1 and <0.01, and *p values >0.01 and <0.05.)

species	length (bp)	number of comparisons		R2		|D′|
				correlation	p-value	correlation	p value
B. mardochei	5824	29 976	all sites	−0.038 35	<0.000 1***	−0.042 14	<0.000 1***
		4465	allele frequency>10%	−0.041 6	0.008 6**	−0.062 17	<0.000 1***
M. caucasicus	5810	17 020	all sites	−0.210 34	<0.000 1***	−0.011 58	0.093 4
		861	allele frequency>10%	−0.075 13	0.021 9*	−0.023 2	0.225 6
M. eupeus	5815	16 653	all sites	−0.220 51	<0.000 1***	0.007 8	0.810 7
		1326	allele frequency>10%	−0.158 99	<0.000 1***	0.019 98	0.800 2
M. gibbosus	5802	11 325	all sites	−0.094 76	<0.000 1***	0.014 02	0.899
		1711	allele frequency>10%	−0.037 02	0.200 8	−0.056 58	0.075 5