Table 3. Homologous genes exhibiting daily variation in expression both in the present study of Nematostella and in a study of Acropora millepora larvae. See text for additional details. Peak refers to the time of maximal expression within the Nematostella study.
| Gene number | g-factor | Annotation | Peak | Acropora SeqIndex | Day/Night Counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homologues of genes upregulated during day in coral larvae | |||||
| 246249 | 0.9231 | Hes/Hey-like | 12 pm | 18661 | 407/90 |
| 160110 | 0.7001 | Clock | 8 pm | 10199 | 681/216 |
| 241935 | 0.5782 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 5A | 8 am | 70856 | 9/3 |
| 243788 | 0.5448 | Pleckstrin homology domain-containing family G member 5 | 12 pm | 61779 | 50/14 |
| 194898* | 0.5128 | Cryptochrome (NvCry2, AmCry1) | 4 am | 10302 | 5724/353 |
| 168581* | 0.5076 | Cryptochrome (NvCry1a; AmCRYb) | 12 pm | 10301 | 1843/309 |
| Homologues of genes upregulated during night in coral larvae | |||||
| 245026 | 0.9255 | Clock-interacting circadian pacemaker (CIPC) | 4 am | 90172 | 7/181 |
| 167250 | 0.7128 | No hits | 8 am | 18512 | 98/1513 |
| 163545 | 0.636 | Transcription factor Sox17αB) | 8 pm | 3863 | 36/449 |
| 240625 | 0.6005 | NIPA-like protein | 12 pm | 10904 | 2/7 |
| 242499 | 0.5467 | Sortilin-related receptor | 4 pm | 13077 | 2/9 |
| 212997 | 0.5288 | Protein BZZ1 | 12 pm | 18943 | 1/3 |
| 192745 | 0.5265 | Putative adenosyl-homocysteinase 3 | 12 p m | 13339 | 2/14 |
| 98402 | 0.5059 | Conserved oligomeric Golgi complex subunit 5 (COG5) | 4 pm | 15726 | 4/18 |
Day/Night counts refers to the number of counts mapped to a given gene in Acropora millepora larvae sampled during the day and night, respectively.