Table 3

Estimation of the effective SNP size in random subsets of human SNPs

Sample size

Effective SNP size (N_e)

95% C.I.

1.0 × 10⁶

37,000

34,700 – 39,300

1.5 × 10⁶

39,600

37,200 – 42,000

2.0 × 10⁶

38,600

36,000 – 41,200

2.5 × 10⁶

38,100

35,800 – 40,400

3.0 × 10⁶

36,200

33,700 – 38,700

3.5 × 10⁶

38,600

36,500 – 40,700

4.0 × 10⁶

37,300

35,000 – 39,600

4.5 × 10⁶

39,200

36,900 – 41,500

5.0 × 10⁶

39,800

37,500 – 42,100

The effective SNP sizes of these 9 subsets are not statistically significantly different (ANOVA, P = 0.40).

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