Table 1.
Summary of the linkage map data compiled from the literature; linkage map length (centimorgans, cM), genome size (megabases, Mb), haploid chromosome number and recombination rate (cM/Mb). SAR, Stramenopiles-Alveolates-Rhizaria Eukaryote.
| group | n | linkage map length (cM) |
genome size (Mb) |
haploid chromosome number |
recombination rate (cM/Mb) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean | min | max | mean | min | max | mean | min | max | mean | min | max | ||
| SAR | 9 | 1782 | 653 | 2884 | 189 | 18.87 | 560 | 18.78 | 9 | 34 | 38.67 | 3.24 | 108.00 |
| fungi | 15 | 2068 | 86 | 5860 | 49.26 | 19.05 | 170.2 | 13.27 | 4 | 21 | 48.68 | 1.40 | 119.90 |
| animals | 140 | 1813 | 90 | 5961 | 1538 | 43.15 | 30 880 | 22.27 | 3 | 73 | 2.52 | 0.12 | 28.10 |
| plants | 189 | 1567 | 309 | 8184 | 2956 | 120.40 | 29 280 | 13.91 | 5 | 90 | 1.85 | 0.03 | 9.22 |
| total or mean | 353 | 1807.5 | 1183.0 | 17.05 | 22.93 | ||||||||