TABLE 4.

Estimation of Population Crossing-over and Gene Conversion Parameters (× 10⁴) Using SNPs with MAF ≥10 %

Gene conversion tract lengtha	Recombination parameters ρbp, γbp b	Estonians	Han	Mandenkalu
Maximum PAC likelihood estimates [Li and Stephens, 2003]
NA	ρbp	4.43	2.58	32.2
Pattern Matching method estimates [Padhukasahasram et al., 2006]
L=0b	ρbp	5.0	4.0	40
L=100	ρbp	1.5	2.0	12
	γbp	120	70	500
L=500	ρbp	0.6	0.8	4.0
	γbp	40	40	220
Composite likelihood (CL) estimates [Hudson, 2001]
L=0	ρbp	2.59	2.48	31.31
L=100	ρbp	1.19	1.4	10.61
	γbp	107	65.9	372
L=500	ρbp	0.86	1.18	9.02
	γbp	27.6	21.4	117

^aL is the gene conversion tract length

^bThe population crossing-over rate per base pair, ρ_bp= 4N_er_bp; the population gene-conversion rate per base pair, γ_bp=4N_ec_bp.