Table 1. The amount of telomeric DNA in Korean native chicken breeds by age

Breeds	Strain	No. chickens	8 weeks	20 weeks	50 weeks
				%
Jaeraejong (KNC)	Gray	38	2.86±0.10	2.42±0.11ab	1.37±0.10cd
	Black	40	2.87±0.07	2.40±0.11ab	1.40±0.12cd
	Red	40	2.88±0.09	2.37±0.14ab	1.42±0.09bcd
	White	40	2.87±0.09	2.34±0.16bc	1.37±0.13cd
	Yellow	39	2.87±0.07	2.28±0.13c	1.38±0.11cd
Ogye		35	2.86±0.07	2.40±0.09ab	1.40±0.12cd
Korean Cornish	Black	40	2.86±0.08	2.39±0.10ab	1.36±0.12cd
	Brown	40	2.88±0.07	2.34±0.11bc	1.32±0.15d
Korean White Leghorn	F	33	2.87±0.08	2.39±0.10ab	1.44±0.10bc
	K	40	2.87±0.06	2.39±0.10ab	1.42±0.13bc
Korean Rhode Island Red	C	41	2.85±0.08	2.41±0.13ab	1.51±0.08ab
	D	40	2.87±0.08	2.44±0.10a	1.59±0.10a
Total		466	2.87±0.08	2.38±0.12	1.42±0.11

The different letters of superscript within the column significantly differ (P<0.01).