Table 2.

Pairwise correlation of imperfect repeat type’s abundance and correlations with GC content, all 3716 species analyzed, Spearman Rho above diagonal, p-values below diagonal

	GC content, b.p.	Direct repeats, b.p.	Complementary repeats, b.p.	Mirror repeats, b.p.	Inverted repeats, b.p.
GC content		−0,2864	−0,6965	-0,3415	-0,6685
Direct repeats	<  2.2e-16		0,1247	0,9838	0,0919
Complementary repeats	<  2.2e-16	2.376e-14		0,1869	0,9785
Mirror repeats	<  2.2e-16	<  2.2e-16	<  2.2e-16		0,1426
Inverted repeats	<  2.2e-16	1.971e-08	<  2.2e-16	<  2.2e-16