Table 3.

Mean (± S.E.) of variables describing simple sequence repeat types shared between human and chicken.

	Human	Chicken	P (paired-sample t-test)
All chicken chromosomes (294 repeat types):
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