Table 6 Correlations between the three rRNA genes encoded in the 45S repeat unit in the subset of high-coverage 1000 Genomes Project data also analyzed in the low-coverage dataset.

From: Thousands of high-quality sequencing samples fail to show meaningful correlation between 5S and 45S ribosomal DNA arrays in humans

High coverage data (n = 163)

y

x

Spearman

Spearman p-value

Linear model

Multiple R-squared

5.8S

18S

0.972

 < 2.2E−16

y = 1.157x + −44

0.951

28S

18S

0.970

 < 2.2E−16

y = 0.886x + −33

0.951

28S

5.8S

0.990

 < 2.2E−16

y = 0.760x + 1.96

0.986

  1. The Spearman correlation coefficient and linear models that describe the relationships between the 18S, 5.8S, and 28S copy numbers are shown.
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