Table 2.
Candidate genes with annotations from the Swiss-Prot on NR database (with examples of candidate gene studies).
| Gene description | Accession number | Number in cluster | Database | E-value | Percent coverage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-visual opsins[59-61] | Kallikrein-8; AltName: Neuropsin; | O88780.1 | 1 | SP | 6e-16 | 93% |
| Kallikrein-8; Short = mK8; AltName: Neuropsin | Q61955.1 | 1 | SP | 2e-12 | 81% | |
| Melanopsin-like; AltName: Opsin-4-like | Q1JPS6.1 | 1 | SP | 8e-43 | 23% | |
| Visual opsins | Green-sensitive opsin-1; AltName: Green cone | P32311.1 | 12 | SP | 6e-87 | 60% |
| Rhodopsin | P79756.1 | 1 | SP | e-172 | 65% | |
| Rhodopsin | P79848.1 | 183 | SP | e-64 | 65% | |
| Blue-sensitive opsin; AltName: Blue cone | P87365.1 | 4 | SP | e-154 | 66% | |
| Green-sensitive opsin; AltName: Green cone | P87366.1 | 13 | SP | 9e-108 | 79% | |
| Green-sensitive opsin-4; AltName: Green cone | Q9W6A6.2 | 2 | SP | 3e-61 | 32% | |
| Red-sensitive opsin; AltName: Red cone | P87367.1 | 6 | SP | 1e-76 | 75% | |
| Putative violet-sensitive opsin; AltName: Violet | P87368.1 | 12 | SP | 2e-85 | 80% | |
| MHC class I [62,63] | Mhc, class IA | CAA90790.1 | 2 | NR | 5e-100 | 20% |
| Mhc, class IA | CAA90793.1 | 1 | NR | 6e-27 | 55% | |
| Mhc, class 1b | CAA90782.1 | 1 | NR | 3e-16 | 31% | |
| classical MHC class I antigen | ACN49159.1 | 1 | NR | 1e-04 | 9% | |
| classical MHC class I antigen | ACN49175.1 | 1 | NR | 3e-11 | 26% | |
| MHC class I related gene | O19477.2 | 5 | SP | 4e-8 | 21% | |
| MHC class I related gene | Q5RD09.1 | 1 | SP | 8e-14 | 51% | |
| MHC class I receptor | AAY79253.1 | 1 | NR | 5e-15 | 31% | |
| MHC class II | MHC class II alpha subunit | AAO19852.1 | 1 | NR | 1e-8 | 12% |
| MHC class II antigen | AAP20186.1 | 1 | NR | 1e-10 | 17% | |
| MHC II invariant chain | AAS77256.1 | 1 | NR | 5e-22 | 31% | |
| MHC class II antigen beta chain | ABX44766.1 | 1 | NR | 2e-7 | 30% | |
| MHC class II antigen | ACN72667 | 1 | NR | 9e-15 | 41% | |
| HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DRB1-8 beta | Q30134.2 | 2 | SP | 2e-7 | 50% | |
| Behaviour Genes [64-67]Dopamine receptors | D(4) dopamine receptor; AltName: Dopamine D4 | P21917.2 | 1 | SP | 2e-22 | 15% |
| D(2)-like dopamine receptor | P53453.1 | 2 | SP | 4e-61 | 28% | |
| Immediate early genes (and related genes) | Early growth response protein 1 | P26632.2 | 1 | SP | 2e-42 | 24% |
| Target of EGR1 protein 1 | Q17QN2.1 | 1 | SP | 6e-20 | 37% | |
| Target of EGR1 protein 1 | Q96GM8.1 | 1 | SP | 1e-76 | 38% | |
| Proto-oncogene protein c-fos | P53450.1 | 3 | SP | 8e-30 | 37% | |
| c-FosLb protein | CAD56866.1 | 1 | NR | 9e-11 | 14% | |
| Pigment genes [68]Melanin synthesis | D-dopachrome decarboxylase-A | Q68FI3.1 | 1 | SP | 1e-33 | 100% |
| Melanocyte protein Pmel 17; AltName: Silver | Q98917.3 | 11 | SP | 9e-15 | 14% | |
| L-dopachrome tautomerase | O93505.1 | 2 | SP | 5e-57 | 29% | |
| Melanocyte-stimulating hormone receptor | P55167.1 | 1 | SP | 2e-36 | 36% | |
| Pteridine synthesis | Dihydropteridine reductase; AltName: HDHPR | P09417.2 | 2 | SP | 5e-57 | 74% |
| Pterin-4-alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase | Q91901.3 | 4 | SP | 1e-14 | 52% | |
| Pterin-4-alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase 2 | Q9CZL5.2 | 1 | SP | 2e-40 | 76% | |
| Putative pterin-4-alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase | Q9TZH6.3 | 1 | SP | 5e-41 | 58% |
Presented are the gene description found in the protein database, the accession number, the number of contigs and EST sequences in that annotation cluster, the database (Swiss-Prot: SP, non-redundant: NR), the mean e-value, and mean percent coverage of the reference sequence by the contigs or EST sequences.