Table 1 Coverage of the chicken genome with 216 overgos selected for the sparrow BAC library screen

Macrochromosomes

GGA1

200.99

21

9.14

GGA2

154.87

12

11.91

GGA3

113.66

98

1.15

GGA4

94.23

12

7.25

GGA5

62.24

4

12.45

Intermediate chromosomes

GGA6

37.40

4

7.48

GGA7

38.38

4

7.68

GGA8

30.67

4

6.13

GGA9

25.55

3

6.39

GGA10

22.56

3

5.64

Microchromosomes

GGA11

21.93

3

5.48

GGA12

20.54

3

5.14

GGA13

18.91

3

4.74

GGA14

15.82

2

5.27

GGA15

12.97

2

4.32

GGA16

0.43

4^a

0.09

GGA17

11.18

2

3.73

GGA18

10.93

2

3.64

GGA19

9.94

2

3.31

GGA20

13.99

2

4.66

GGA21

6.96

2

2.32

GGA22

3.94

2

1.31

GGA23

6.04

2

2.01

GGA24

6.40

2

2.13

GGA25

2.03

2

0.68

GGA26

5.10

2

1.70

GGA27

4.84

2

1.61

GGA28

4.51

2

1.50

LGE22C19W28_E50C23

0.90

2

0.30

Sex chromosomes

GGAW

0.26

1

0.13

GGAW_random^b

0.73

1

0.37

GGAZ

74.60

6

10.66

GGAUn_random

63.87

1^a

31.94