Table 1 Comparative genome structure summary for the five avian species

From: Peregrine and saker falcon genome sequences provide insights into evolution of a predatory lifestyle

Species

Repetitive DNA (%)

Segmental duplications (%)

Specific indels per million years

Specific gene families (genes)

Heterozygous SNP rate per kb

Peregrine

6.79

0.7

141.0

120 (137)

0.7

Saker

6.80

0.6

109.0

117 (139)

0.8

Zebra finch

12.83

1.0

322.8

382 (531)

1.4

Turkey

9.62

–a

–a

170 (182)

∼1.7

Chicken

13.28

5.5

278.8

115 (174)

4.5

  1. Detailed statistics for repetitive DNA are given in Supplementary Table 10, segmental duplications are listed in Supplementary Table 13, specific indels are listed in Supplementary Tables 14 and 15, and gene families identified from TreeFam analysis are shown in Supplementary Table 19. Heterozygous SNP rates for non-falcon species have been published12,13,14.
  2. aExcluded from the analysis because of a higher proportion of ambiguous bases in the turkey genome (Supplementary Note).
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