Table 1.

DNA sequence repeats on the assembled portion of the chicken genome.

Chromosome	Chromosome length (bp)	No. repeat arrays	Total repeat length (bp) (% of sequence)
1	188,239,860	283,761	27,978,835 (14.9%)
2	147,590,765	214,512	19,430,497 (13.2%)
3	108,638,738	151,571	12,198,434 (11.2%)
4	90,634,903	121,663	8,905,732 (9.8%)
5	56,310,377	69,048	4,638,645 (8.2%)
6	33,893,787	38,873	2,468,824 (7.3%)
7	37,338,262	41,189	2,397,200 (6.4%)
8	30,024,636	33,974	2,086,343 (6.6%)
9	23,409,228	24,255	1,384,475 (5.9%)
10	20,909,726	19,914	1,075,555 (5.1%)
11	19,020054	20,514	1,095,858 (5.8%)
12	19,821,895	19,419	1,116,593 (5.6%)
13	17,279,963	16,894	1,015,160 (5.9%)
14	20,603,938	21,588	1,417,684 (6.9%)
15	12,438,626	11,830	640,595 (5.2%)
16	239,457	319	18,614 (7.8%)
17	10,632,206	9,508	554,602 (5.2%)
18	8,919,268	8,312	574,276 (6.4%)
19	9,463,882	8,635	491,763 (5.2%)
20	13,506,680	12,826	766,482 (5.7%)
21	6,202,554	6,001	359,040 (5.8%)
22	2,228,820	2,636	183,334 (8.2%)
23	5,666,127	4,932	234,823 (5.7%)
24	5,910,111	5,435	356,373 (6.0%)
26	4,255,270	3,385	188,003 (4.4%)
27	2,668,888	2,833	252,335 (9.5%)
28	4,731,479	5,183	446,256 (9.4%)
32	1,018,878	806	42,242 (4.1%)