Table 4. Mean distances between two adjacent MLH1 foci in SC groups of different length.
| SC groups | No. of SCs observed | Mean absolute distance between adjacent foci (µm) | Mean relative distance between adjacent foci (% of SC length) | ||
| Average ± SD | Range | Average ± SD | Range | ||
| SCs 1–3 | 798 | 11.6±5.4 | 0.3–34.6 | 34.1±15.3a | 1.1–87.6 |
| SCs 4–6 | 284 | 10.1±4.7 | 1.7–27.1 | 50.0±19.0a | 8.6–89.9 |
| SCs 7–13 | 107 | 6.8±2.6 | 0.4–17.1 | 53.3±15.7a | 22.0–88.9 |
| SCs 14–19 | 24 | 3.5±2.0 | 1.3–8.2 | 43.1±22.0a | 14.8–83.8 |
| SCs 20–22 | 5 | 2.3±0.9 | 1.3–3.3 | 40.4±19.0b | 24.1–65.0 |
| Mean | 39.7±18.1 | ||||
a
Significant different , one-way ANOVA, P<0.01.
b
Not included in one-way ANOVA test because <10 observations.