Reconstruction of avian ancestral karyotypes reveals differences in the evolutionary history of macro- and microchromosomes

Table 1 Statistics of the reconstructed ancestors (100 Kbp resolution)

Ancestor	Acronym	No. RACFs	Total length RACFs (Kbp)	Coverage (%)^a	Longest RACF (Kbp)	Shortest RACF (Kbp)	No. SFs	Longest SF (Kbp)
Avian	AVI	79	790,916.41	77.51	90,786.44	100.10	3488	1554.45
Neognathae	NEO	54	806,245.38	79.01	92,678.53	108.57	3443	1554.45
Neoavian	NEA	56	831,511.32	81.48	96,145.84	111.70	3440	1554.45
Passerea	PAS	89	840,780.94	82.39	85,230.40	100.05	3464	1731.24
Telluraves & Aequornithia & Gruae	TAG	75	886,361.18	86.86	100,620.83	100.05	3235	2572.30
Telluraves & Aequornithia	TAE	68	916,263.77	89.79	104,425.83	100.05	2979	2572.30
Telluraves	TEL	53	957,749.67	93.86	109,264.85	109.58	2424	3779.46
Eufalconimorphae	EUF	46	981,131.47	96.15	112,969.25	109.58	1775	5889.26
Psittacopasserae	PSI	65	986,045.69	96.63	102,299.10	109.58	1698	7032.14
Passeriformes	PAE	64	996,905.97	97.69	154,087.81	100.05	1435	8844.43
Passeri	PAR	50	1,002,337.45	98.22	154,800.17	113.08	1031	17,617.67
Passeroidea & Paroidea	PPA	54	1,005,719.08	98.56	117,574.56	113.08	981	17,617.67
Passeroidea	PAO	49	1,009,242.62	98.90	118,597.80	314.94	792	31,490.79
Estrildidae & Thraupidae & Fringillidae	ETF	51	1,011,702.12	99.14	155,663.35	287.41	689	31,490.79

^aPercentage of sequence coverage against the zebra finch genome (1,020,453,418 bp)

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