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. 2017 May 26;206(4):1969–1984. doi: 10.1534/genetics.117.200642

Table 3. Overview of selected candidate genes for aggressive behavior of flies reared in a socialized or socially isolated environment, and GSEI; identified with single marker regression or with genomic prediction following genetic decomposition to genes >10% of the genetic variance.

Drosophila Gene Symbol Drosophila Gene Name SMR GFBLUP Prior Associations with Drosophila Aggression Human Ortholog Selected Human Associations (Reference)
abd-A abdominal A S 5 HOXA6
Ady43A Ady43A S, I ADK
AP-2σ Adaptor Protein complex 2, σ subunit Sa AP2S1
Cad87A Cadherin 87A G 2, 3, 5 CDH23 Bipolar disorder (Winham et al. 2013)
CASK CASK S, G CASK
CG11486 CG11486 S 3 PAN3
CG13868 CG13868 I 4
CG17821 CG17821 Sa ELOVL5
CG2794 CG2794 S, I
CG31141 CG31141 Sa ELOVL1
CG42458 CG42458 G 3 HNRNPC Bipolar disorder (Smith et al. 2011)
chb chromosome bows Ia CLASP1
CtBP C-terminal Binding Protein S 2 CTBP1, CTBP2
cv-c crossveinless c I, Ga 2, 3, 4 DLC1
dally division abnormally delayed S 3 GPC5
DNaseII Deoxyribonuclease II G 5 DNASE2, DNASE2B
Dys Dystrophin S, Ga 2, 5 DMD Anxiety in depression (Schosser et al. 2013), response to antidepressant treatment in depression (Clark et al. 2012), and bipolar disorder and schizophrenia (Wang et al. 2010b)
eca eclair S 6 TMED4
EcR Ecdysone receptor S 3 NR1H3
egl egalitarian S 5 EXD1
Egfr Epidermal growth factor receptor Sa, I ERBB4/EGFR
Eip75B Ecdysone-induced protein 75B S 2 NR1D2
Elo68β Elongase 68β Sa ELOVL4
Fas3 Fasciclin 3 G CADM1, CADM4, NECTIN3
Frq2 Frequenin 2 Sa, G NCS1 Alzheimer’s disease (Sherva et al. 2014)
ftz-f1 ftz transcription factor 1 S 2 NR5A1, NR5A2
Gug Grunge S 3, 5 RERE Schizophrenia (Sherva et al. 2014)
kirre kin of irre S 3 KIRREL, KIRREL3
lbl ladybird late S 2 LBX1
Myo61F Myosin 61F I 5 MYO1C
nwk nervous wreck I 1 FCHSD2
osa osa G ARID1A, ARID1B
pnt pointed Sa ETS1 Depression and manic episodes in bipolar disorder (Fabbri and Serretti 2016)
Ptp99A Protein tyrosine phosphatase 99A S 2, 5 PTPRG Alzheimer’s disease (Herold et al. 2016)
pyd polychaetoid S 2 TJP1, TJP2 Response to antipsychotic treatment (Clark et al. 2012)
rb ruby S 5 AP3B1
Rbfox1 RNA-binding Fox protein 1 I 2, 3, 4 RBFOX1, RBFOX2, RBFOX3 Alzheimer’s disease (Herold et al. 2016) and schizophrenia (Goes et al. 2015)
RecQ4 RecQ4 helicase G G RECQL4
rhea rhea S, I TLN2 Sleep (Byrne et al. 2013) and brain structure (Stein et al. 2010)
salm spalt major S 5 SALL1
sgl sugarless Sa 5, 6 UGDH
shg shotgun S 3 CDH20
sina seven in absentia S 3 SIAH1
slou slouch S 2 NKX1-1
spg sponge S DOCK3
Syn Synapsin G SYN3
Ten-a Tenascin accessory G 3, 5 TENM3 Schizophrenia (Goes et al. 2015)
Timp Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteases G 2 TIMP1, TIMP2, TIMP3
Tl Toll G 5 TLR3, TLR9 Bipolar disorder (Psychiatric GWAS Consortium Bipolar Disorder Working Group 2011) and schizophrenia (Ripke et al. (2013)
tow target of wingless G C1orf21
trv trivet G 3 TIA1
wg wingless Sa WNT1
zormin zormin I 5 PALLD, MYPN

Genes previously associated with Drosophila aggressive behavior are indicated by the numbers 1–6: 1, GWAS on the DGRP (Shorter et al. 2015); 2, GWAS on advanced intercross population created from the DGRP (Shorter et al. 2015); 3, epistatic interaction network derived from the DGRP (Shorter et al. 2015); 4, functional validation of candidate genes identified by Shorter et al. (2015); 5, differentially expressed genes between Drosophila lines selected for high and low aggressive behavior (Edwards et al. 2006); 6, mutational screen using P-elements (Edwards et al. 2009). Human orthologs and their selected associations with human quantitative traits and psychiatric disorders are listed. SMR, single marker regression; GFBLUP, genomic feature best linear unbiased prediction; S, socialized; I, socially isolated; GSEI, genotype-by-social environmental interaction; GO, gene ontology; DGRP, Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel; GWAS, genome-wide association study.

a

Indicates a gene (capturing >10% of genetic variance within the predictive GO term) that was identified in multiple GO terms.