Table 3.

Ten DMGs associated with immunity or reproduction.

Gene ID	Gene Name	KEGG pathway	GO term
ENSSSCG00000007520	GNAS	Ovarian steroidogenesis, Oxytocin signaling pathway, Estrogen signaling pathway, GnRH signaling pathway	post-embryonic body morphogenesis, embryonic hindlimb morphogenesis
ENSSSCG00000022126	EGFR	Estrogen signaling pathway, GnRH signaling pathway, Oxytocin signaling pathway	Embryonic placenta development
ENSSSCG00000006374	CD244	Natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity	natural killer cell activation involved in immune response, positive regulation of CD8-positive, α-β T cell proliferation, positive regulation of interferon-γ secretion, positive regulation of interleukin-8 secretion.
ENSSSCG00000006736	CD2		positive regulation of interferon-γ secretion, positive regulation of interleukin-8 secretion
ENSSSCG00000021576	CD83		negative regulation of interleukin-4 production, interferon-γ secretion, positive regulation of CD4-positive, alpha-β T cell differentiation, positive regulation of interleukin-10 production, humoral immune response
ENSSSCG00000013115	CD5		T cell costimulation
ENSSSCG00000040183	CDK6		response to virus, T cell differentiation in thymus, type B pancreatic cell development, T cell differentiation in thymus, response to virus
ENSSSCG00000000555	ITPR2	Oocyte meiosis, Oxytocin signaling pathway, Estrogen signaling pathway, GnRH signaling pathway
ENSSSCG00000011141	CALML5	Oocyte meiosis, Oxytocin signaling pathway, Estrogen signaling pathway, GnRH signaling pathway
ENSSSCG00000021828	TAPT1		embryonic skeletal system development, post-embryonic development, in utero embryonic development

Genes that found within the DMRs or closest to the DMRs of the intergenic region were defined as DMGs to perform KEGG pathway enrichment analysis and gene function enrichment analysis via GO.