Table 2. qPCR validation of DEGs obtained from RNA-seq.

Gene	Contrast	qPCR 1	RNA-seq 2
RPL29	WRRh Vs. WRRl	1.58	1.05
	XHh Vs. XHl	1.09	1.04
	WRRh Vs. XHh	1.42	0.90
	WRRl Vs. XHl	0.98	0.89
PDK4	WRRh Vs. WRRl	7.26	4.60
	XHh Vs. XHl	3.03	1.94
	WRRh Vs. XHh	4.89	13.96
	WRRl Vs. XHl	2.04	5.90
FOXO3	WRRh Vs. WRRl	7.82	2.18
	XHh Vs. XHl	0.76	0.98
	WRRh Vs. XHh	11.13	6.56
	WRRl Vs. XHl	1.08	2.96
LAPTM5	WRRh Vs. WRRl	11.47	2.18
	XHh Vs. XHl	2.18	1.39
	WRRh Vs. XHh	4.63	0.32
	WRRl Vs. XHl	0.88	0.20

¹meant the ratio of expression value (2^-ΔΔCt) in the second group to the first group,

²fold change between contrasts presented (the ratio of FPKM in the second group to the first group).