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. 2020 Jan 20;8:e8375. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8375

Table 1. Selected appetite-regulating genes in this study.

Gene Description Organisms Effects References
agrp2 Agouti related neuropeptide 2 Perciformes
Cypriniformes
Orexigenic
Diet transition
Agulleiro et al. (2014), He et al. (2015)
apln Apelin, agtrl1 Ligand Perciformes
Cypriniformes
Orexigenic Hayes & Volkoff (2014), Volkoff (2016)
cart Cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript Cichliformes Perciformes
Cypriniformes
Anorexigenic Babichuk & Volkoff (2013), Volkoff (2016), Porter, Roberts & Maruska (2017)
cck Cholecystokinin triacontatriapeptide Cichliformes
Perciformes
Cypriniformes
Anorexigenic Grone et al. (2012), Babichuk & Volkoff (2013), Volkoff (2016)
crh Corticotropin-releasing hormone Salmoniformes
Cypriniformes
Anorexigenic Bernier & Craig (2005), Volkoff (2016)
drd1 Dopamine receptor D1 Cypriniformes Anorexigenic
Diet transition
He et al. (2015)
gabra1 Gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor alpha-1 Cypriniformes Orexigenic
Diet transition
Trudeau, Sloley & Peter (1993), Matsuda et al. (2011), He et al. (2015)
hcrt Orexin, hypocretin neuropeptide precursor Cichliformes
Perciformes
Cypriniformes
Orexigenic Yan et al. (2011), Grone et al. (2012), Volkoff (2016)
nmu Neuromedin U preproprotein Perciformes
Cypriniformes
Anorexigenic Kono et al. (2012), Li et al. (2015), Volkoff (2016)
npy Prepro-neuropeptide Y Cichliformes
Perciformes
Cypriniformes
Anorexigenic ?
Orexigenic
Grone et al. (2012), Matsuda et al. (2012), Babichuk & Volkoff (2013), Volkoff (2016), Das et al. (2019)
npy2r Neuropeptide Y receptor type 2 Perciformes
Cypriniformes
Anorexigenic
Diet transition
Matsuda et al. (2012), Wang et al. (2014), He et al. (2015)
pacap Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide Cichliformes
Cypriniformes
Anorexigenic Matsuda et al. (2005), Zhou et al. (2013), Costa et al. (2016)
pomc Pro-opiomelanocortin preproprotein Cichliformes
Cypriniformes
Anorexigenic Volkoff (2016), Porter, Roberts & Maruska (2017)
pyy Prepro-peptide YY Perciformes
Cypriniformes
Orexigenic
Anorexigenic
Murashita et al. (2006), Volkoff (2016)
trh,
trhra
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone and its receptor Cypriniformes Orexigenic
Diet transition
He et al. (2015), Volkoff (2016)