Table 1.

Differentially expressed genes up- and downregulated in WS-affected broilers, according to FDR (novel genes associated with white striping are shown in bold).

		Upregulated
Chromosome	Associated Gene Name	Gene Description	Ensembl Gene Id	logFC	FDR
2	PDK4	pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4	ENSGALG00010002741	3.41421	1.571 × 10−24
1	MYBPC1	myosin binding protein C1	ENSGALG00010011558	2.75445	8.349 × 10−17
26	FKBP5	FK506 binding protein 5	ENSGALG00010026893	2.40214	1.345 × 10−12
2	CEBPD	CCAAT enhancer binding protein delta	ENSGALG00010005405	2.01735	7.776 × 10−9
2	CA3A	carbonic anhydrase 3A	ENSGALG00010013288	2.00895	7.776 × 10−9
26	TNNT2	troponin T2, cardiac type	ENSGALG00010026743	1.57929	3.182 × 10−5
2	ASNS	asparagine synthetase (glutamine-hydrolyzing)	ENSGALG00010003382	1.52297	9.686 × 10−5
1	PFKFB3	6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase 3	ENSGALG00010006245	1.45674	0.0002375
1	NELL2	neural EGFL like 2	ENSGALG00010013749	1.43497	0.0006832
2	FBXO32	F-box protein 32	ENSGALG00010008245	1.37948	0.0006832
3	SESN1	sestrin 1	ENSGALG00010014244	1.34848	0.0009661
3	TDH	L-treonina desidrogenase	ENSGALG00010011278	1.23466	0.0064443
4	MYOZ2	myozenin 2	ENSGALG00010005510	1.21752	0.0089447
4	COL4A6	collagen type IV alpha 6 chain	ENSGALG00010015733	1.20722	0.0107838
4	FHL1	four and a half LIM domains 1	ENSGALG00010014929	1.20013	0.0088713
9	CHRNG	cholinergic receptor nicotinic gamma subunit	ENSGALG00010017878	1.18978	0.0143605
5	ASB2	ankyrin repeat and SOCS box containing 2	ENSGALG00010016987	1.17026	0.0122158
4	COL4A5	collagen type IV alpha 5 chain	ENSGALG00010015632	1.14888	0.0228397
5	MYBPC3	myosin binding protein C3	ENSGALG00010022468	1.14728	0.0190541
28	ARRDC2	arrestin domain containing 2	ENSGALG00010027232	1.14249	0.0216413
1	UCP3	uncoupling protein 3	ENSGALG00010002543	1.08505	0.0337988
6	DDIT4	DNA damage inducible transcript 4	ENSGALG00010021509	1.0787	0.0370386
1	RGCC	regulator of cell cycle	ENSGALG00010003192	1.07199	0.0372903
		Downregulated
Chromosome	Associated gene name	Gene description	Ensembl gene id	logFC	FDR
1	METTL21EP	methyltransferase like 21E, pseudogene	ENSGALG00010006037	−2.2487	1.40 × 10−10
3	UBE3D	ubiquitin protein ligase E3D	ENSGALG00010003115	−2.0996	4.26 × 10−9
6	SCD	stearoyl-CoA desaturase	ENSGALG00010021083	−1.9290	3.38 × 10−8
1	DGAT2	diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 2	ENSGALG00010003035	−1.5278	9.69 × 10−5
5	DUSP8	dual specificity phosphatase 8	ENSGALG00010024637	−1.3427	0.0017
Z	LIPG	lipase G, endothelial type	ENSGALG00010009013	-1.0878	0.0466
3	ATF3	activating transcription factor 3	ENSGALG00010019307	−1.0621	0.0431