Table 1.

Parameters of the human genome

Chromosome	No. of loci	Physical map, Mb*			Centromere location			Chiasma male, cM (11)			Interference, 1-p†	Typing error frequency
			Genetic map, cM		Physical, Mb	Genetic map, cM			Genethon map, cM (12)
			Male	Female		Male	Female		Male	Female
1	1,693	263	221	376	128	118	199	201	220	358	0.68	0.008
2	1,515	255	193	297	99	76	115	185	211	325	0.69	0.002
3	1,602	214	186	289	99	90	153	163	183	269	0.66	0.009
4	1,705	203	157	274	56	51	82	141	157	271	0.71	0.006
5	1,264	194	149	267	52	53	94	144	147	242	0.60	0.012
6	1,157	183	142	222	65	68	106	146	135	265	0.46	0.003
7	1,034	171	147	241	65	61	94	151	178	187	0.72	0.005
8	972	155	135	226	50	61	74	138	113	221	0.71	0.004
9	813	145	130	176	51	53	63	129	138	194	0.75	0.004
10	1,049	144	144	192	44	57	60	129	146	210	0.53	0.005
11	1,386	144	125	189	58	59	70	116	122	180	0.52	0.007
12	949	143	136	232	39	50	71	142	126	212	0.54	0.002
13	695	114	112	152	16	0	0	100	97	132	0.55	0.007
14	659	109	106	151	16	0	0	100	104	154	0.75	0.007
15	570	106	84	150	17	0	0	100	92	131	0.66	0.003
16	942	98	110	152	39	57	54	111	98	169	0.75	0.005
17	779	92	108	152	28	54	46	114	104	145	0.73	0.007
18	702	85	111	149	20	50	53	113	93	151	0.78	0.004
19	711	67	113	121	30	57	53	100	98	115	0.78	0.012
20	494	72	104	120	31	56	49	100	73	120	0.73	0.007
21	656	50	62	81	11	0	0	58	47	71	0.71	0.009
22	395	56	78	89	13	0	0	70	47	75	0.73	0.005
X	1,767	164	—	193	62	—	90	50‡	—	198	0.59	0.002
Y	—	59	—	—		—	—	50‡	—	—
Autosomes	21,742	3063	2832	4348				2751	2729	4197
Total	23,509

^*Assuming 3200 Mb for the sex-averaged genome (11). 

^†P is the mapping parameter in the Rao function, where p = 0 represents complete interference and p = 1 null interference (10). 

^‡Pseudoautosomal region in males.