Table 1. The genetic information and variation on chromosome based on the skin transcriptome in Tan sheep.
| Chromosome | Annotated transcripts | Transfrags | Total No of splice variants |
| 1 | 1540 | 1558 | 1154 |
| 2 | 1121 | 1431 | 878 |
| 3 | 1615 | 1652 | 1069 |
| 4 | 549 | 571 | 316 |
| 5 | 950 | 886 | 638 |
| 6 | 412 | 478 | 306 |
| 7 | 698 | 640 | 570 |
| 8 | 345 | 372 | 226 |
| 9 | 350 | 418 | 255 |
| 10 | 242 | 362 | 184 |
| 11 | 956 | 749 | 702 |
| 12 | 488 | 534 | 364 |
| 13 | 579 | 576 | 436 |
| 14 | 802 | 1056 | 603 |
| 15 | 687 | 514 | 362 |
| 16 | 229 | 286 | 152 |
| 17 | 385 | 551 | 325 |
| 18 | 349 | 553 | 260 |
| 19 | 396 | 460 | 339 |
| 20 | 546 | 473 | 308 |
| 21 | 461 | 378 | 252 |
| 22 | 299 | 250 | 207 |
| 23 | 212 | 348 | 172 |
| 24 | 531 | 558 | 327 |
| 25 | 235 | 193 | 193 |
| 26 | 171 | 208 | 85 |
| X | 541 | 477 | 420 |
| Total | 15689 | 16532 | 11103 |
Total No of splice variants: defined as more than one transcript for a ‘genic’ gene. Splice variants denote differences compared with annotated ovine genes.