Table 4. Intra-cellular nuclear DNA damage of Korean native chickens before and after mixed rearing of male and female chickens Rearing

Rearing Sex % DNA in tail Tail moment Olive moment
Before mixed rearing Female 14.32±1.71b 18.14±1.95b 20.80±1.45b
Male 14.41±1.92b 18.43±1.84b 20.91±1.45b
After mixed rearing Female 35.39±3.34a 81.15±8.11a 82.79±7.51a
Male 36.43±2.39a 82.84±6.32a 83.10±7.84a
Male and female mixed rearing (R)
Before 14.37±1.80b 18.27±1.90b 20.85±1.44b
After 35.88±2.96a 81.95±7.32a 82.94±7.63a
P-values <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
Sex (S)
Female 24.29±10.89 47.95±32.14 50.13±31.56
Male 25.42±11.29 50.63±32.74 52.00±31.79
P-values 0.1333 0.2285 0.8032
P-values of R × S 0.1939 0.3841 0.9048
Values with different superscripts in column significantly differ.