Table 2. Top 50 candidate differentiation markers a .
| Ensemble ID | Gene Symbol | Description | FDR p-value | RPKM |
| ENSG00000137460 | FHDC1 | FH2 domain containing 1 | 1.99E-14 | 3.83 |
| ENSG00000184887 | BTBD6 | BTB (POZ) domain containing 6 | 3.85E-07 | 3.56 |
| ENSG00000071051 | NCK2 | NCK adaptor protein 2 | 1.60E-09 | 2.94 |
| ENSG00000165730 | STOX1 | storkhead box 1 | 1.14E-03 | 2.26 |
| ENSG00000169379 | ARL13B | ADP-ribosylation factor-like 13B | 0 | 2.12 |
| ENSG00000125898 | FAM110A | family with sequence similarity 110, member A | 2.15E-09 | 2.04 |
| ENSG00000229109 | RP11-439K3.1 | Putative antisense | 8.69E-05 | 1.91 |
| ENSG00000228470 | RP11-176D17.3 | Novel processed transcript | 0.02 | 1.88 |
| ENSG00000249955 | RP11-6E9.4 | Novel antisense | 1.19E-03 | 1.82 |
| ENSG00000162076 | FLYWCH2 | FLYWCH family member 2 | 0.04 | 1.66 |
| ENSG00000263041 | RP11-355F22.1 | Known processed transcript | 2.94E-05 | 1.49 |
| ENSG00000198945 | L3MBTL3 | l(3)mbt-like 3 (Drosophila) | 7.78E-09 | 1.46 |
| ENSG00000257542 | OR7E5P | olfactory receptor, family 7, subfamily E, member 5 pseudogene | 1.04E-04 | 1.46 |
| ENSG00000224616 | RP11-305E17.6 | Novel antisense | 5.43E-03 | 1.41 |
| ENSG00000173610 | UGT2A1 | UDP glucuronosyltransferase 2 family, polypeptide A1, complex locus | 0 | 1.29 |
| ENSG00000145864 | GABRB2 | gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, beta 2 | 0 | 1.18 |
| ENSG00000148300 | REXO4 | REX4, RNA exonuclease 4 homolog (S. cerevisiae) | 2.93E-04 | 1.14 |
| ENSG00000236624 | CCDC163P | coiled-coil domain containing 163, pseudogene | 4.52E-07 | 0.96 |
| ENSG00000260548 | RP6-24A23.6 | Putative protein coding | 3.27E-03 | 0.95 |
| ENSG00000185437 | SH3BGR | SH3 domain binding glutamic acid-rich protein | 2.05E-03 | 0.95 |
| ENSG00000120217 | CD274 | CD274 molecule | 5.17E-12 | 0.93 |
| ENSG00000089041 | P2RX7 | purinergic receptor P2X, ligand-gated ion channel, 7 | 1.57E-06 | 0.9 |
| ENSG00000171428 | NAT1 | N-acetyltransferase 1 (arylamine N-acetyltransferase) | 0.02 | 0.87 |
| ENSG00000138669 | PRKG2 | protein kinase, cGMP-dependent, type II | 1.03E-14 | 0.75 |
| ENSG00000239388 | ASB14 | ankyrin repeat and SOCS box containing 14 | 5.90E-05 | 0.73 |
| ENSG00000254731 | CTD-2005H7.1 | Novel lincRNA | 0.04 | 0.73 |
| ENSG00000134256 | CD101 | CD101 molecule | 4.96E-03 | 0.68 |
| ENSG00000260281 | RP11-329J18.2 | Novel antisense | 0.01 | 0.65 |
| ENSG00000197093 | GAL3ST4 | galactose-3-O-sulfotransferase 4 | 1.26E-07 | 0.62 |
| ENSG00000066185 | ZMYND12 | zinc finger, MYND-type containing 12 | 1.24E-03 | 0.6 |
| ENSG00000236123 | CEACAMP11 | carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule pseudogene 11 | 0.03 | 0.59 |
| ENSG00000050030 | KIAA2022 | Known protein coding | 5.67E-06 | 0.59 |
| ENSG00000255647 | AC093510.1 | Known pseudogene | 0.03 | 0.52 |
| ENSG00000253549 | RP11-317J10.2 | Novel antisense | 1.59E-03 | 0.48 |
| ENSG00000248371 | CTC-347C20.2 | Putative lincRNA | 0.02 | 0.46 |
| ENSG00000166321 | NUDT13 | nudix (nucleoside diphosphate linked moiety X)-type motif 13 | 0.05 | 0.46 |
| ENSG00000233639 | AC018730.1 | Novel antisense | 0.02 | 0.45 |
| ENSG00000188820 | FAM26F | family with sequence similarity 26, member F | 3.27E-03 | 0.45 |
| ENSG00000236409 | NRADDP | neurotrophin receptor associated death domain, pseudogene | 0.04 | 0.45 |
| ENSG00000141028 | CDRT15P1 | CMT1A duplicated region transcript 15 pseudogene 1 | 0.03 | 0.44 |
| ENSG00000251584 | RP11-440I14.3 | Putative lincRNA | 0.03 | 0.44 |
| ENSG00000257052 | RP11-881M11.2 | Novel antisense | 0.03 | 0.43 |
| ENSG00000183423 | LRIT3 | leucine-rich repeat, immunoglobulin-like and transmembrane domains 3 | 2.92E-04 | 0.41 |
| ENSG00000152208 | GRID2 | glutamate receptor, ionotropic, delta 2 | 5.36E-14 | 0.4 |
| ENSG00000253479 | RP11-744J10.3 | Novel lincRNA | 0.05 | 0.4 |
| ENSG00000182814 | FUNDC2P2 | FUN14 domain containing 2 pseudogene 2 | 6.79E-03 | 0.39 |
| ENSG00000137766 | UNC13C | unc-13 homolog C (C. elegans) | 6.24E-14 | 0.39 |
| ENSG00000184374 | COLEC10 | collectin sub-family member 10 (C-type lectin) | 3.80E-03 | 0.38 |
| ENSG00000165807 | PPP1R36 | protein phosphatase 1, regulatory subunit 36 | 1.19E-05 | 0.37 |
| ENSG00000203871 | C6orf164 | Known protein coding | 0.02 | 0.36 |
a
Genes with uniquely identified transcripts in cornea, q-value <0.05, and higher RPKM values than SLCs.