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Table 4 Crossover probabilities

From: Locations and patterns of meiotic recombination in two-generation pedigrees

Arm size

Gender

Long arm

Short arm

> 80 Mb

male

0.55

0.55

> 80 Mb

female

0.4

0.6

60-80 Mb

male

0.5

0.5

60-80 Mb

female

0.45

0.55

< 60 Mb

male

0.98

0.22

< 60 Mb

female

0.972

0.028

  1. Sex-specific crossover probabilities based on the size of chromosome arms. Females were given a higher recombination rate than males, and larger arms had a greater probability of two crossovers than shorter arms did.