Table 2.

Correlation between retrotransposon density and average chromosome size

	retrotransposon density (real-time PCR)
	Ty1-copia		Ty3-gypsy		Helos1
Spearman correlation1	n	R	n	R	n	R
C/n-value	13	0.770**	13	-0.505	13	0.835**
Independent contrasts2	n	R	n	R	n	R
C/n-value	11	0.510	11	-0.461	11	0.571*
	retrotransposon density (dot blot)
	Ty1-copia		Ty3-gypsy		Helos1
Spearman correlation1	n	R	n	R	n	R
C/n-value	8	0.833*	8	-0.548	8	0.786*
Independent contrasts2	n	R	n	R	n	R
C/n-value	7	0.918**	7	-0.353	7	0.914**

1) "n" indicates the number of correlated values

2) "n" indicates the number of independent phylogenetic contrasts

* p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01