Table 1. The highly abundant (Top 20) spermatozoal transcripts identified based on the TPM (average of all the bulls in both the RNA-seq platforms) and unique gene reads (UGR).

Gene ID	Gene Name	TPM	UGR
PRM1	Protamine 1	8659	120
YWHAZ	Tyrosine 3-monooxygenase/tryptophan 5-monooxygenase activation protein, zeta	3050	84
FABP1	Fatty acid binding protein 1	2923	1074
SCP2D1	Sterol-binding domain containing 1	2726	182
THSD4	Thrombospondin type 1 domain containing 4	1961	2506
CHMP5	Charged multivesicular body protein 5	1693	260
NR2E3	Nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group E member 3	1610	1241
SV2C	Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2 C	1518	2592
MGC137055	Det1 and ddb1 associated 1	1434	74
GTSF1L	Gametocyte specific factor 1-like	1416	155
TOE1	Target of EGR1, member 1 (nuclear)	1359	1743
SLC16A7	Solute carrier family 16 member 7	1284	2831
MCOLN2	Mucolipin 2	1231	1756
UNC119	Unc-119 lipid binding chaperone	1136	790
CXCR4	C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 4	1095	975
PAG5	Pregnancy-associated glycoprotein 5	971	962
MMP2	Matrix metallopeptidase 2 (gelatinase A, 72 kDa gelatinase, 72 kDa type IV collagenase)	933	1417
ITPA	Inosine triphosphatase (nucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphatase)	919	458
CCDC181	Coiled-coil domain containing 181	919	144
DNAJB12	DNAJ heat shock protein family (Hsp40) member B12	914	2315