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. 2016 Jan 14;6:19421. doi: 10.1038/srep19421

Table 1. Summary of sequence motifs identified in the avian promoter.

  Chicken Turkey Duck Zebra finch Flycatcher
Genome Galgal4 UMD2 BGI_duck_1.0 taeGut3.2.4 FicAlb_1.4
Ortholog/total 13754/17108 13664/1500 13583/16450 15633/18618 13554/16266
GC % 50.43 45.71 45.72 47.21 48.71*
STR pfc imp Units pfc imp Units pfc imp Units pfc imp Units pfc imp Units
 Dinucleotide 881 1843 7.64 670 1387 7.60 901 1481 7.26 870 2206 7.60 635 1510 8.91
 Tri- 386 726 7.67 164 354 7.46 248 511 7.79 419 824 7.92 272 453 9.26
 Tetra- 128 314 9.89 82 212 7.64 129 311 9.49 118 261 12.59 172 207 24.91
 Penta- 146 284 10.75 49 138 8.19 82 178 12.82 155 325 12.21 176 178 31.47
 Hexa- 24 91 9.81 8 31 7.25 14 69 13.01 69 168 11.10 122 114 32.18
Total STRs 1565 3258   973 2122   1374 2550   1631 3784   1377 2462  
Occupation (%) 0.4402 0.2615 0.4038 0.4593 0.7402
G4 3963 1200 1817 3340 2952
Occupation (%) 0.5106 0.1732 0.2643 0.3749 0.4580

*Thirty or longer uninterrupted stretches of guanine or cytosine are replaced with N. Abbreviations are pfc [perfect (pure) repeat], imp [imperfect (interrupted) repeat], G4 (G-quadruplex).