Table 1.
P values of Wilcoxon Signed-Rank tests of SNP densities
| Flanking regions | 0.5 kb | 1 kb | 2 kb |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 hotspots in centromeres | |||
| All_RefSNPs | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Validated_RefSNPs | 0.014 | 0.045 | 0.042 |
| 11 unique hotspots in centromeres | |||
| All_RefSNPs | 0.021 | 0.026 | 0.013 |
| Validated_RefSNPs | 0.075 | 0.041 | 0.05 |
| 140 hotspots outside centromeres | |||
| All_RefSNPs | 0.283 | 0.211 | 0.388 |
| Validated_RefSNPs | 0.865 | 0.816 | 0.942 |
| All 186 hotspots | |||
| All_RefSNPs | 0.11 | 0.103 | 0.089 |
| Validated_RefSNPs | 0.238 | 0.325 | 0.219 |
Distributions of RefSNPs were normalized as SNP densities (SNP/bp) for statistical analysis, which showed that only hotspots in centromeres correlated with high densities of SNPs.