Table 1.
Putative toolkit transcription factors shared across all three species
| Mouse | Stickleback | Bee | Fly |
| Tier 1 | |||
| Nr4a3 | ENSGACG00000010788 | GB49295 | hr38 |
| Lhx1 | ENSGACG00000016592 | GB45975 | lim3 |
| Nr5a1 | ENSGACG00000018317 | GB42142 | ftz-f1 |
| Irx3 | ENSGACG00000016682 | GB55198 | mirr |
| Pou3f4 | ENSGACG00000006709 | GB53100 | pdm2 |
| Emx1 | ENSGACG00000004860 | GB54518 | CG18599 |
| Foxg1 | ENSGACG00000011198 | GB44229 | slp2 |
| Tier 2 | |||
| Gata2 | ENSGACG00000010218 | GB50931 | srp |
| Mycbp | ENSGACG00000013676 | GB51617 | CG17202 |
| Npas4 | ENSGACG00000004132 | GB49843 | dys |
| Chd5 | ENSGACG00000003717 | GB43409 | Various |
| Tier 3 | |||
| Foxp1 | ENSGACG00000018911 | GB40150 | foxP |
| Klf12 | ENSGACG00000020841 | GB52090 | Various |
| Klf15 | ENSGACG00000003717 | GB43409 | Various |
| Meis2 | ENSGACG00000019665 | GB48653 | hth |
| Nfat5 | ENSGACG00000016365 | GB45138 | nfat |
| Nr1h3 | ENSGACG00000004938 | GB48059 | ecR |
| Nr2e1 | ENSGACG00000017060 | GB49738 | hr51 |
| Rax | ENSGACG00000016453 | GB52781 | pph13 |
| Tbx15 | ENSGACG00000012454 | GB55445 | h15 |
| Six6 | ENSGACG00000019038 | GB49751 | optix |
| Bsx | ENSGACG00000020120 | GB49332 | bsh |
| Rfx3 | ENSGACG00000007541 | GB41876 | rfx |
| Nkx2-4 | ENSGACG00000006999 | GB47400 | None |
| Otp | ENSGACG00000015770 | GB51584 | otp |
“Fly” lists the Drosophila melanogaster ortholog to each honey bee gene (annotated using FlyBase; “Various” indicates more than one ortholog). See Results for descriptions of tiers.