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Table 3 Mean (± S.E.) of variables describing simple sequence repeat types shared between human and chicken.

From: DNA repeat arrays in chicken and human genomes and the adaptive evolution of avian genome size

 

Human

Chicken

P (paired-sample t-test)

All chicken chromosomes (294 repeat types):

   

   Mean array length (bp)

83.6 ± 2.8

58.1 ± 1.5

< 0.001

   Minimum array length (bp)

22.1 ± 1.6

22.1 ± 0.7

n.s.

   Maximum array length (bp)

457.9 ± 25.0

193.5 ± 8.1

< 0.001

Chicken chromosomes 1–4 (286 repeat types):

   

   Mean array length (bp)

83.8 ± 2.9

56.4 ± 1.7

< 0.001

   Minimum array length (bp)

21.7 ± 1.6

24.8 ± 1.1

n.s.

   Maximum array length (bp)

466.7 ± 25.5

153.3 ± 6.9

< 0.001