. 2020 Feb 20;15(2):e0229351. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229351

Table 2. Pearson correlation coefficients (r) of mRNA expression levels of PCOS-candidate genes and gestational age in bovine fetal ovaries (n = 27).

	Age	FBN3	GATA4	HMGA2	TOX3	LHCGR	FSHB	DENND1A. X1,2,3,4	C8H9orf3	RAB5B	ERBB4	YAP1	SUOX	RAD50	THADA	KRR1	INSR	FSHR	AMH	AR
FBN3	-0.887^d
GATA4	-0.709^d	0.898^d
HMGA2	-0.898^d	0.959^d	0.849^d
TOX3	-0.892^d	0.824^d	0.670^d	0.826^d
LHCGR	0.332	-0.156	-0.079	-0.177	-0.382^a
FSHB (PPEx3)^*	-0.563^b	0.406^a	0.182	0.443^a	0.678^c	-0.403^a							\
DENND1A.X1,2,3,4	-0.606^c	0.696^d	0.777^d	0.675^c	0.731^d	-0.311	0.347
C8H9orf3	-0.393^a	0.543^b	0.671^c	0.506^b	0.511^b	-0.256	0.295	0.841^d
RAB5B	-0.314	0.246	0.340	0.258	0.485^a	-0.459^a	0.471^a	0.714^d	0.644^c
ERBB4	0.305	-0.240	-0.161	-0.256	-0.164	0.162	0.049	0.010	0.044	0.278
YAP1	-0.080	0.236	0.491^b	0.217	0.225	-0.387^a	0.064	0.637^c	0.716^d	0.692^d	0.232
SUOX	0.175	0.140	0.403^a	0.083	-0.037	0.073	-0.250	0.505^b	0.639^c	0.392^a	0.073	0.722^d
RAD50	-0.497^b	0.405^a	0.359	0.434^a	0.600^c	-0.577^b	0.563^b	0.526^b	0.430^a	0.690^d	0.186	0.490^b	0.054
THADA	0.380	-0.264	0.001	-0.231	-0.268	0.177	-0.176	0.217	0.435^a	0.359	0.225	0.557^b	0.585^b	0.059
KRR1	-0.352	0.379	0.368	0.463^a	0.515^b	-0.478^a	0.505^b	0.663^c	0.586^b	0.600^c	-0.110	0.589^b	0.430^a	0.591^b	0.334
INSR	0.775^d	-0.601^c	-0.312	-0.643^c	-0.632^c	0.248	-0.435^a	-0.143	0.167	0.116	0.369	0.392^a	0.572^b	-0.283	0.756^d	-0.070
FSHR	0.753^d	-0.580^b	-0.436^a	-0.640^c	-0.684^d	0.675^c	-0.531^b	-0.392^a	-0.203	-0.196	0.451^a	-0.062	0.256	-0.391^a	0.456^a	-0.432^a	0.729^d
AMH	0.682^d	-0.525^b	-0.408^a	-0.542^b	-0.632^c	0.846^d	-0.427^a	-0.476^a	-0.310	-0.374	0.242	-0.306	0.153	-0.619^c	0.313	-0.438^a	0.573^b	0.818^d
AR	0.765^d	-0.669^c	-0.420^a	-0.654^c	-0.648^c	0.234	-0.452^a	-0.258	-0.028	-0.047	0.055	0.137	0.420^a	-0.358	0.491^b	-0.040	0.696^d	0.476^a	0.568^b
TGFB1I1	0.853^d	-0.664^c	-0.413^a	-0.695^d	-0.676^c	0.231	-0.444^a	-0.188	0.034	0.024	0.432^a	0.292	0.518^b	-0.352	0.584^b	-0.032	0.876^d	0.669^c	0.537^b	0.772^d

^a P < 0.05

^b P < 0.01

^c P < 0.001

^d P < 0.0001; Pearson correlation tests.

*Primer pair from exon 3.