Table 4.

Mammary progenitor cell markers

	Prepubertal (a)	Adolescent (b)	Adult luteal (c)	Pregnant (d)	Lactating (e)	Postmenopausal (f)	Pairwise comparisons Padj < 0.05
ELF5	1.00	1.22	10.59	9.16	12.87	2.35	a, b, f vs. c-e
CD24	1.00	1.09	1.66	1.21	3.97	1.59	a vs. b-f e vs. b-d, f
STAT5	1.00	1.17	2.81	5.96	1.68	1.14	a vs. b-f b vs. d c, f vs. d, e d vs. e
ALDH1	1.00	1.10	1.38	−1.36	1.47	1.19	a vs. b-f b vs. d d vs. e, f
DICER	1.00	−1.23	−1.25	−2.25	−4.02	−1.20	a vs. b-f b, c vs. d, e d vs. e, f e vs. f
RIF1	1.00	−1.37	−1.29	−2.44	−4.49	−1.44	a vs. b-f b, c vs. d, e e vs. f
BMPR1A	1.00	−1.12	−1.14	−1.56	−1.56	−1.16	a vs. b-f b vs. d c, f vs. d, e
TGFB2	1.00	−1.40	−1.17	−3.99	−6.23	−1.22	a vs. b-f b, c, f vs. d, e
CD44	1.00	−1.09	−1.30	−2.99	−5.09	−1.15	a vs. b-f b vs. d, e c vs. e
CD29	1.00	1.00	−1.24	−1.85	−4.86	−3.86	a vs. b-f b, c, f vs. d, e
FOXA1	1.00	−1.04	−1.76	−2.28	−2.42	−1.44	a vs. b-f b, c, f vs. d, e
KLF4	1.00	1.05	1.61	−2.76	−4.19	1.51	a vs. b-f b vs. c-e c, f vs. d, e
NOTCH2	1.00	1.17	1.19	−1.58	−2.37	1.11	a vs. b-f b, c vs. d, e d vs. e, f e vs. f
LIG4	1.00	−1.12	1.37	−2.03	−4.09	1.12	a vs. b-f b vs. c-e c vs. d, e d vs. e, f e vs. f
BRCA1	1.00	1.11	1.06	−1.18	−1.68	−1.22	a vs. b-f e vs. b-d, f
POSTN	1.00	1.16	−10.06	−28.27	−92.92	−9.17	a vs. b-f b vs. d-f c, d vs. e e vs. f
IGF1	1.00	1.28	−2.46	−2.22	−8.22	−2.28	a vs. b-f b vs. d-f e vs. c, d e vs. f
CD61	1.00	−1.07	1.20	−1.20	1.27	−1.20	a vs. b-f e vs. b-d, f

Up- and down-regulated overlapping genes within life stage groups being significantly different from prepubertal animals at P < 0.05. Pairwise comparisons at P_adj < 0.05 were made, and the relevant results are presented in the text