Table 1:
Number of DEGs between 5 high-altitude vertebrates and their low-altitude relatives for each tissue
| Species | Heart No. (%) | Kidney No. (%) | Liver No. (%) | Lung No. (%) | Muscle No. (%) | Spleen No. (%) | Mean No. (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1283 (8.28) | 748 (4.83) | 613 (3.96) | 1072 (6.92) | 177 (1.14) | 984 (6.35) | 812 (5.25) |
| Pig | 206 (0.95) | 532 (2.46) | 1199 (5.55) | 426 (1.97) | 385 (1.78) | 994 (4.60) | 623 (2.89) |
| Cattle/yak | 1602 (8.02) | 1797 (8.99) | 869 (4.35) | 3092 (15.47) | 2403 (12.03) | 2268 (11.35) | 2005 (10.04) |
| Sheep | 1332 (6.37) | 3853 (18.43) | 259 (1.24) | 1829 (8.75) | 1079 (5.16) | 2356 (11.27) | 1784 (8.54) |
| Goat | 2215 (10.01) | 3557 (16.07) | 655 (2.96) | 1330 (6.01) | 2305 (10.42) | 1269 (5.73) | 1888 (8.53) |
| Mean | 1327 (6.73) | 2097 (10.16) | 719 (3.61) | 1549 (7.82) | 1269 (6.11) | 1574 (7.86) |
Percentages of the DGEs compared with the total number of annotated protein coding genes in their respective reference genomes are listed in parentheses. There are 15 495, 21 594, 19 981, 22 131, and 20 908 annotated protein coding genes in the reference genomes of the chicken (Galgal4) [4], pig (Suscrofa 10.2) [5], cattle (UMD3.1) [6], goat (CHIR_1.0) [7], and sheep (Oar_v3.1) [8], respectively.