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Published in final edited form as: J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2017 Oct 20;204(1):93–112. doi: 10.1007/s00359-017-1223-3

Table 5.

A. Transcripts of Interest with Potentially Sex-Biased Expression in the A. leptorhynchus
Pacemaker Nucleus
Short Annotation Male RPKM Female RPKM IHW p-valuea
Hormone-Related Genes
17β-HSD 12a 6.0 ± 1.0 8.1 ± 0.8 0.024
Estrogen Receptor α 3.8 ± 2.5 1.0 ± 0.3 0.036
Na+/K+ Channels
Kvβ2 (KCNAB2) 170 ± 19 210 ±15 0.040
K2p13.1 (KCNK13, THIK-1) 37.3 ± 25.4 10.0 ±3.6 0.019
BKβ4 (KCNMB4, Large conductance KCa β4) 14.4 ± 5.9 4.1 ± 1.8 0.030
KChIP4 (KCNIP4, K+ channel interacting protein 4) 4.8 ± 2.3 11.5 ± 6.6 0.018
Kir3.1 (KCNJ3, GIRK1) 3.8 ± 1.1 8.1 ± 3.6 0.022
Other Ion Channels/Transporters
TRPM2 (Transient receptor potential channel M2) 10.0 ± 1.0 12.9 ± 0.8 0.014
TRPM6 2.0 ± 0.0 3.6 ± 0.5 0.028
Na+/K+ ATPase β3b 3.9 ± 1.2 1.3 ± 0.3 0.033
Neurotransmitters/Neuromodulators and Receptors
TARPγ2 (CACNG2) 40.4 ± 3.8 49.9 ±2.5 0.019
Neuropeptide Y Receptor Y8 10.1 ± 1.6 16.3 ±0.7 0.022
GluR5 9.0 ± 0.6 13.1 ± 1.6 0.014
Prolactin Releasing Peptide Receptor 14.7 ± 1.4 5.8 ± 0.5 <0.01
GluR2 6.9 ± 0.4 9.2 ± 0.3 0.027
Dopamine D2 Receptor 10.4 ± 5.7 3.3 ± 1.5 0.04
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α4 (nAChRα4) 9.5 ± 4.2 2.2 ± 0.5 <0.01
Dopamine β-hydroxylase 0.2 ± 0.1 1.3 ± 0.4 0.032
B. Transcripts of Interest with Potentially Sex-Biased Expression in the A. albifrons Pacemaker Nucleus
Short Annotation Male RPKM Female RPKM IHW p-valuea
Hormone-Related Genes
Prohibitin-1 108.5 ± 6.1 116.8 ± 9.2 0.029
Nuclear Receptor Interacting Protein 1 (NRIP1) 9.3 ± 0.9 6.9 ± 1.0 0.011
Thyroid Hormone Receptor α 16.1 ± 1.5 23.4 ± 2.4 <0.001
Na+/K+ Channels
Navβ1 (Danio rerio splice variant D, zβ1D, SCN1B) 6.4 ± 0.9 3.6 ± 0.3 0.045
K+ Channnel-Interacting Protein 2 (KChIP2, KCNIP2) 10.4 ± 1.7 4.7 ± 1.0 <0.001
Kv6.3 (KCNG3) 3.6 ± 0.5 6.6 ± 1.3 <0.01
Kv6.4 (KCNG4) 2.3 ± .05 3.9 ± 0.5 <0.01
Kir3.1 (KCNJ3, GIRK1) 3.0 ± 2.0 0.5 ± 0.2 0.022
Kv1.2 (KCNA2) 1.6 ± 0.3 0.5 ± 0.1 <0.01
Kv2.1 (KCNB1) 1.5 ± 0.7 0.2 ± 0.2 0.032
Kv1.1 (KCNA1) 1.2 ± 0.7 0.1 ± 0.1 0.019
Other Ion Channels/Transporters
Na+/K+ ATPase α3 22.3 ± 3.5 10.1 ± 0.7 <0.001
Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 1 (ASIC-1) 9.9 ± 2.2 4.8 ± 0.5 0.011
Cavβ2 (CACNB2, L-type Ca2+ channel β2 subunit) 5.1 ±1.0 2.0 + 0.1 <0.001
Na+/K+ ATPase β2a 4.9 ± 1.6 1.6 ± 0.3 0.030
Na+/K+ ATPase α1a 2.9 ± 0.7 0.9 ± 0.2 0.018
Connexins
Connexin 32.2 (Astyanax mexicanus) 140 ± 20 94 ± 8 0.011
Gap Junction Protein β1 (Connexin 29/32) 72.0 ± 4.6 83.5 ± 6.0 <0.01
Neurotransmitters/Neuromodulators and Receptors
Prepro-Neuropeptide Y 27.2 ± 3.5 42.4 ± 7.9 0.011
GABA Receptor β2 39.2 ± 3.2 27.2 ± 3.5 0.021
Proenkephalin 15.9 ± 5.1 4.9 ± 1.3 0.015
Adenosine Receptor A1 23.6 ± 2.1 27.0 ± 3.6 0.047
GABA Receptor ρ2 10.6 ± 3.4 3.6 ± 0.6 <0.01
Neuropeptide FF 1.6 ± 1.2 11.0 ± 1.6 <0.001
Dopamine D2 Receptor 9.1 ± 3.4 3.3 ± 1.3 0.031
5HT1B Receptor 2.5 ± 0.5 4.8 ± 1.2 0.022
5HT1A Receptor 3.4 ± 0.6 1.6 ± 0.4 0.017
Substance P Receptor 3.6 ±0.4 1.2 ± 0.3 <0.001
Dopamine D1B Receptor 2.7 ± 1.1 0.4 ± 0.1 0.022
VIP Receptor 2.3 ± 1.3 0.2 ± 0.1 0.024
a

Independent Hypothesis-Weighting-corrected p-value with mean normalized read counts as a covariate (Ignatiadis et al., 2016).

a

Independent Hypothesis-Weighting-corrected p-value (Ignatiadis et al., 2016).