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Table 1 Substitution rates and GC* in intronic regions

From: Both selective and neutral processes drive GC content evolution in the human genome

Substitution type

Fixed GC content

Fixed recombination rate

 

Low rec.a

High rec.a

p

Low GC

High GC

p

A/T -> C/G

0.00068

0.00091

1.9 × 10-6

0.00070

0.00075

5.6 × 10-3

A/T -> G/C

0.00287

0.00366

1.9 × 10-6

0.00275

0.00324

1.9 × 10-6

A/T -> T/A

0.00059

0.00065

6.3 × 10-5

0.00067

0.00056

5.7 × 10-6

C/G -> G/C

0.00096

0.00114

1.9 × 10-6

0.00104

0.00101

1.2 × 10-2

C/G -> A/T

0.00086

0.00099

1.9 × 10-5

0.00108

0.00087

1.9 × 10-6

C/G -> T/A

0.00300

0.00336

1.9 × 10-6

0.00336

0.00300

1.9 × 10-6

CpG -> TpG

0.02427

0.027713

1.9 × 10-6

0.03117

0.02352

1.9 × 10-6

GC*

0.40750

0.43310

1.9 × 10-6

0.37349

0.42967

1.9 × 10-6

Number of sites (Mb)

19.42

19.42

-

17.38

17.33

-

  1. a rec.: recombination rate