Figure 2: Recombination rate heterogeneity in the Staphylococcus aureus core genome.
From: Mobile elements drive recombination hotspots in the core genome of Staphylococcus aureus
Genome-wide variation in the number of homoplasies per BiP, based on an exponential smoothing kernel with 1 kb bandwidth. The smoothed estimate of the mean number of observed homoplasies (black line) is shown +/− two s.e. (grey lines). Above, mobile elements that are significantly associated (P<0.05) with more (red) or fewer (blue) homoplasies are shown, with deeper shading for greater significance. The yellow line shows the smoothed estimate of the mean number of predicted homoplasies per BiP based on the regression model. The origin-of-replication occurs at position zero (extreme left and right side of the figure because of the circular nature of the chromosome).
