Table 3.

Contigs tested for male specificity by PCR

ID	Gene Description (accession ID)	Number of reads	Length	Number of putative SNPs	Male-specific expression confirmed
contig44905	lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase-like protein (second top search) (BAB88224.1)	59	781	3	Yes
contig50719	Islet amyloid polypeptide precursor (ACO09255.1)	63	339	8	No
contig44896	Putative heparin-binding growth factor 1 (Q6PBT8.1)	64	711	2	Yes
contig42251	EF-hand calcium-binding domain-containing protein 2 (Q9CQ46.1)	78	394	2	No
contig50654	Hyaluronidase-2 precursor (AC132917.1)	135	1,465	21	Yes
contig40220	N/A	181	1,179	0	No

Presented are the annotations with either the Swiss-Prot or NR databases, the number of reads used to assemble the contig, length of contig, the number of putative SNPs, and whether male-specific expression was confirmed with PCR.