Table 1

Estimation of the effective SNP size


Total # of test SNPs
Effective SNP size (Ne)
95% C.I.

Human
5,200,425
38,200
35,700 – 40,700
Chimpanzee
1,470,501
39,300
37,200 – 41,400
Dog
2,690,084
38,000
35,700 – 40,300
Mouse (Build 126)
7,832,159
38,700
36,400 – 41,000
Mouse (Build 123)
376,146
39,100
36,800 – 41,400




Human HapMap phase I
861,498
38,400
35,800 – 41,000
Human HapMap phase II
2,435,362
39,100
36,900 – 41,300




Human intergenic regiona
2,422,730
39,100
36,800 – 41,400
Human genea
744,987
39,600
37,400 – 41,800
Human introna
889,956
39,200
37,000 – 41,400
Human CpG islanda
95,561
42,200
39,500 – 44,900

aThe average nucleotide frequencies in the genomic regions were used.

Seo et al. BMC Genomics 2006 7:329   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-7-329