From: DNA repeat arrays in chicken and human genomes and the adaptive evolution of avian genome size
 | Human | Chicken | P (paired-sample t-test) |
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All chicken chromosomes (294 repeat types): | Â | Â | Â |
   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 |