Table 1.

Summary of the core expression data that forms the basis of the Chickspress resource

Sample		Transcripts		Proteins/Peptides
Tissue	Sex	mRNA	Mature miRNA	Annotated proteins	Novel peptides
Adipose	Female	59 813	2632	5214	8046
	Male	59 153	1200	797	496
Cerebellum	Female	70 332	1738	7043	16 235
	Male	69 673	2588	10 384	21 218
Cerebrum	Female	62 656	1134	5008	9977
	Male	62 696	1590	1928	1711
Gonad	Female	114 221	1272	4980	8133
	Male	122 409	2004	2427	3406
Heart	Female	62 981	1117	4532	10 915
	Male	89 123	439	6191	18 714
Hypothalamus	Female	72 147	1473	9418	15 030
	Male	72 557	1567	12 977	26 499
Kidney	Female	71 254	902	5224	6582
	Male	55 938	992	5258	14 493
Liver	Female	49 867	958	5770	15 548
	Male	57 268	1330	6845	26 400
Lung	Female	115 033	1345	5205	12 409
	Male	73 416	1173	5204	18 738
Muscle (breast)	Female	47 396	1474	4156	16 523
	Male	43 643	988	3579	6315
Nerve (sciatic)	Female	61 030	1092	8662	7357
	Male	72 713	1423	3478	7737
Proventriculus	Female	48 271	823	4744	9787
	Male	46 921	95	7646	17 287
Spleen	Female	173 488	1022	4876	12 943
	Male	168 215	970	7916	24 279

All samples are from adult Red Jungle Fowl tissues, the same population that was sequenced to determine the chicken genome.