Table 1. Linkage disequilibrium and gene conversion rates.

Centromere	Markers	Rmin	ZnS	N	Gene Conversion Rate1
					Simulation	Likelihood
1	5	2	0.586	7	1.04	0.35
2	14	8	0.386**	13	1.04	0.91
3	10	8	0.326**	24	5.09	1.40
4	7	5	0.379**	14	4.09	1.42
5	5	4	0.487	10	0.461	0.90
6	5	4	0.320**	12	8.48	0.85
7	6	4	0.282**	12	8.18	1.36
8_B73	13	7	0.445*	19	2.12	0.36
8_Mo17	6	5	0.325**	14	3.64	0.91
82	19	13	0.249**	33	3.64	0.90
9	4	2	0.312**	6	1.62	0.93

N = number of haplotypes.

¹Rates presented as conversions per 10⁵ markers.

²All centromere 8 data combined.

*p<0.05, ** p<0.001.