Table 3.

Genes dominantly and specifically expressed in pituitary cells from females and males.

Significantly upregulated genes (adjusted-P < 0.001) were identified by differential expression tests between cells from females and males of each pituitary cell type. Genes dominantly expressed in the sex of interest for each cell type had at least 20% cells expressing > threshold and at least 3-fold greater mean expression or 30% higher proportion of cells expressing > threshold than the other sex. Red: female specific; blue: male specific; bold indicates sex-specific marker genes, which were sex-dominant genes with <5% of cells expressing > threshold in the opposite sex.