Table 1.
Mean values and variances of the explanatory variables for datasets A, B and C
| Dataset A | Dataset B | Dataset C | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Variance | Mean | Variance | Mean | Variance | |
| Non-CpG divergence | 0.0206 | 3.98e-05 | 0.0207 | 3.00e-05 | 0.0203 | 2.93e-05 |
| Methylation level | 0.7723 | 1.17e-02 | 0.7588 | 1.45e-02 | 0.4348 | 4.09e-02 |
| GC content | 0.3961 | 3.28e-03 | 0.4221 | 3.93e-03 | 0.4719 | 5.42e-03 |
| Transcription level | 2.5920 | 4.22e-01 | 2.5770 | 4.00e-01 | 2.6240 | 3.98e-01 |
| Female recombination ratea | 0.0721 | 2.03e-01 | 0.0832 | 2.23e-01 | 0.0462 | 3.08e-01 |
| Male recombination ratea | -0.3969 | 5.01e-01 | -0.3380 | 4.50e-01 | -0.3551 | 5.27e-01 |
| CpG[o/e]b | 0.4168 | 1.85e-02 | 0.4334 | 1.68e-02 | 0.7026 | 6.82e-02 |
Dataset A contains no CpG islands (CGIs) or DNase I hypersensitive sites (DHSs)), dataset B contains DHSs but no CGIs, and dataset C contains both CGIs and DHSs. aLog-transformed values. bObserved versus expected CpG content.