Table 1

Characteristics of the genetic linkage maps of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
Chromosome
 Number of markers
 Genetic length (cM)a
 Physical size (Mb)b
 Recombination Frequency (kb/cM)
 Average number of crossover events/meiosis
1
 10
 51.20
 0.74
 14.53
 0.46
2
 10
 47.60
 0.74
 15.46
 0.42
3
 10
 46.90
 1.25
 26.74
 0.42
4
 12
 54.40
 1.05
 19.30
 0.50
5
 7
 90.60
 1.20
 13.29
 0.74
6
 9
 42.40
 0.94
 22.13
 0.35
7
 7
 46.90
 1.65
 35.08
 0.40
8
 11
 115.60
 2.30
 19.88
 0.95
9
 10
 73.10
 2.10
 28.67
 0.65
10c
 12
 76.10
 2.50
 32.85
 1.08
11
 21
 88.30
 3.42
 38.76
 0.71
Average


24.40
 0.61
Total
 119
 733.10
 17.89

aTotal genetic length was calculated by the addition of recombination units between each marker. bPhysical distances were calculated from the T. b. brucei genome sequence [25]. cChromosome 10 is a combination of two linkage groups.

Cooper et al. Genome Biology 2008 9:R103   doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-6-r103