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. 2021 Feb 26;22(5):2346. doi: 10.3390/ijms22052346

Table 4.

Comparing the effects of changes in the expression of orthologous genes on human reproductive potential and on the divergence of domestic and wild animals from their nearest common ancestor (NCA).

Humans Animals
Gene Effect of Gene Expression Change (Δ) on Reproductive Potential (♂♀) DEG RNA-Seq Δ during Diver-Gence from NCA
Deficit (↓) ♂♀ Excess (↑) ♂♀ log PADJJ Deficit (↓) Excess (↑)
domesticated versus wild rabbits [29]
F7 higher risk of bleeding [73] recombinant F7 treats obstetric bleeding [74] F7 –2.7 0.05 domestic wild
dog versus wolf (frontal cortex) [29]
PDGFRA skeletal defects in newborns [75] higher risk of infertility [76] Pdgfra 1.5 10−3 wild domestic
dog versus wolf (blood) [28]
GABARAPL2 impaired wound healing [77] improved tooth injury healing [78] Gabarapl2 –2.0 10−2 domestic wild
GH1 higher risk of mortality [79] prolonged reproductive age in women [80] Gh1 2.8 10−2 wild domestic
HBB worse reproductive health in women [81] relieved anemia in kidney diseases [82] Hbbl –5.9 10−8 domestic wild
NRP2 better survival after radiochemotherapy [83] vascular neointimal hyperplasia [84] Nrp2 1.8 0.05 wild domestic
TAC3 higher risk of subfertility [85] lesser socially induced subfertility [85] Tac3 –4.7 10−8 domestic wild
TGFB3 lowers semen quality and infertility [86] higher risk of female infertility [87] Tgfb3 3.3 0.05 wild domestic
tame versus aggressive foxes [26]
ESR2 impaired spermatogenesis [88] impaired spermatogenesis [88] Esr2 –0.3 0.05 domestic wild
GRIN3A prevents cocaine addiction [89] higher risk of inatten-tive behavior [90] Grin3a 0.5 10−2 wild domestic
HTR3B reduced anger-reso-lutive behavior [91] lesser risk of pulmo-nary embolism [92] Htr3b –0.5 0.05 domestic wild
IL6ST higher risk of mortality during sepsis [93] increased sensitivity to fatigue [94] Il6st 0.3 0.05 wild domestic
IL9R impaired trophoblast implantation [95] higher risk of anaphylaxis [96] Il9r 0.4 0.05 wild domestic
NPY higher risk of infertility [97] higher risk of obesity and subfertility [98] Npy 0.4 10−2 wild domestic
TGFB2 higher risk of perinatal mortality [99] impaired wound healing [100] Tgfb2 0.5 10−2 wild domestic

Note: see the caption of Figure 1 and the footnote of Table 2.