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. 2012 Oct 11;8(10):e1002905. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002905

Figure 4. Gene conversion estimates in D. melanogaster.

Figure 4

Joint maximum-likelihood estimates (MLE) of the rate of gene conversion initiation (γ) and mean gene conversion tract length (L GC) in D. melanogaster. γ units are per bp and female meiosis, and L GC in bp. Red/yellow contours represent 95 confidence intervals for γ and L GC for each chromosome arm independently. The blue dot represents the genome average for γ and L GC based on a total of 74,453 observed GC events.