High recombination rates and hotspots in a Plasmodium falciparum genetic cross

Table 2 Estimates of genetic distance and recombination frequency for each chromosome

Chr.	Length (kb)	Marker span (kb)	Number of markers	Number of crossovers	Gene distance (cM)	kb/cM
1	643.3	486.5	91	14/11*	45.4/35.8*	10.7/11.8*
2	947.1	876.3	164	29/14	134.6/46.6	6.5/17.3
3	1,060.1	1,056.7	195	67/37	371.0/121.3	2.8/7.2
4	1,204.1	1101	236	43/28	200.1/91.8	5.5/11.3
5	1,343.6	1,268.1	211	38/29	129.7/94.8	9.8/12.9
6	1,418.2	1215	186	35/35	126.6/126.6	9.6/9.6
7	1,501.7	1,301.7	262	39/38	132.7/129.5	9.8/10.1
8	1,419.6	1,411.3	226	58/25	234.8/82.6	6.0/15.3
9	1,541.7	1,467.7	246	56/40	269.5/131.9	5.5/10.5
10	1,687.7	1,526.1	291	54/46	171.1/160.5	8.4/9.6
11	2,038.3	2,000.8	215	48/37	174.1/122.3	11.5/15.2
12	2,271.5	2,093.8	253	34/34	111.2/111.2	18.8/18.8
13	2,895.6	2,757.5	405	65/65	213.6/213.6	12.9/12.9
14	3,291.9	3,201.9	457	58/57	189.6/186.3	16.9/16.8
Total	23,264.3	21,764.4	3,438	638/496	2,514.0/1,654.7	9.6/12.8

Chr., chromosome; Length (kb), chromosome length in kilobases; Marker span (kb), the distance between the first and last markers for each chromosome; Number of markers, total numbers of markers, including microsatellites; Number of crossovers, number of crossovers including subtelomeric regions (values marked with an asterisk are excluding subtelomeric regions); Gene distance (cM), genetic distance in centimorgans; kb/cM, kilobase per centimorgan obtained from the ratio between genetic distance and marker span.

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