TABLE 1.

Sizes of chromosomes and an estimate of the number of each chromosome needed to yield required amount for amplification (10 ng).

Chromosome	Size (Mb)	Number of chromosomes to yield 10 ng DNA
1	247	19,501
2	243	19,904
3	200	23,901
4	191	25,202
5	181	26,205
6	171	27,996
7	159	30,193
8	146	33,113
9	140	35,014
10	135	35,511
11	134	35,613
12	132	36,075
13	114	44,326
14	106	46,816
15	100	48,170
16	89	51,760
17	79	56,689
18	76	59,524
19	64	72,464
20	62	76,453
21	47	100,806
22	50	92,593
X	155	31,606
Y	58	85,911

Chromosome sizes according to NCBI36.3.

Number of chromosomes for 10 ng of DNA from CYDAC measurements²³.