Table 2 Features of DNA sequence repeats on human and chicken autosomes.
From: DNA repeat arrays in chicken and human genomes and the adaptive evolution of avian genome size
| Â | Human | Chicken |
|---|---|---|
No. chromosomes analyzed | 22 | 28 |
Total sequence length (bp) | 2,864,255,932 | 901,598,378 |
No. repeat arrays | 4,698,717 | 1,160,319 |
Total repeat length (bp) (% of sequence) | 1,287,381,310 (44.9%) | 92,440,122 (10.3%) |
Mean repeat array length (bp) [median] (range) | 274.0 [188.0] (7–160,603) | 79.7 [25.0] (6–7,096) |
Mean no. repeat arrays per chromosome [median] (range) | 213,578 [219,247] (57,109–409,783) | 41,440 [14,860] (319–283,761) |