Intensity Ratios (Human:Bird) of Hybridization Signals to Genomic DNA Probed with Various Microsatellite Motifs
| Motif | Chicken | Woodpecker | Swallow | Avian average |
| AC | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.7 |
| AG | 15.9 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 12.7 |
| ACC | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
| AAAT[ii] | ⩾5.2 | ⩾5.2 | ⩾5.2 | ⩾5.2 |
| AAGT[ii] | ⩾4.5 | ⩾4.5 | ⩾4.5 | ⩾4.5 |
| AAC | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| AGAT[ii] | ⩾3.9 | ⩾3.9 | ⩾3.9 | ⩾3.9 |
| ATGG | 5.2 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
| AAG | 4.5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
| ACAG | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| ATG | 3.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| ACG | 1.8 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| AAAC | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| AAT | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| AGG | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
| AGC | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| AAGG | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| CCG | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| AAAG | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Mean | 4.6 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 3.4 |
[i] Human and all bird species DNA gave hybridization signals below the background level using the probe AGT.
[ii] All three bird species gave hybridization signals below the background level.