Table 3.
Percentage of genetic variation explained by six possible explanatory variables according to PLSR analysis of chicken diversity level in 1 Mb windows
| Red jungle fowl | Broiler | Layer | Common variation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recombination rate |
6.30 |
6.16 |
4.48 |
6.34 |
| divergence |
(1.29) |
(1.37) |
3.62 |
2.06 |
| gene density |
3.02 |
2.91 |
2.93 |
3.31 |
| GC content |
3.12 |
(3.06) |
(3.13) |
3.48 |
| dS |
(0.69) |
(0.65) |
(0.86) |
(0.78) |
| dN | (0.49) | (0.58) | (0.66) | (0.61) |
Values in parentheses are for parameters that did not meet the p < 0.001 threshold in multi-linear regression.