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. 2021 Apr 15;17(4):e1009465. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009465

Table 1. All genes, full gene names, functional categories and associations with either gene (ZWf) or temperature driven (ZZf) female development mentioned in the paper.

NA denotes a gene that was mentioned, but was not differentially expressed. Genes with an asterisk are those that have previously been implicated in thermosensitive sex determination cascades, either in Pogona vitticeps, or in another reptile species.

Gene ID Gene Name Functional Category Association
ADAD1 Adenosine deaminase domain containing 1 [testis-specific] Sex determination and differentiation (Male-specific) ZWf/ZZf
ALDH1A2 Retinal dehydrogenase 2 Sex determination and differentiation (Male-specific) ZWf
AMH Anti-Müllerian hormone Sex determination and differentiation NA
AMHR2 Anti-Müllerian hormone receptor 2 Sex determination and differentiation ZZf
ATF5 Activating transcription factor 5 Stress response ZZf
ATP2B1 ATPase plasma membrane Ca2+ transporting 1 Calcium signalling ZZf
ATP2B4 ATPase plasma membrane Ca2+ transporting 4 Calcium signalling ZZf
BMP7 Bone morphogenetic protein 7 Sex determination and differentiation ZZf
C2CD2 C2 calcium-dependent domain containing 2 Calcium signalling ZZf
C2CD2L C2 calcium-dependent domain containing 2 like Calcium signalling ZZf
CACNB3 Calcium voltage-gated channel auxiliary subunit beta 3 Calcium signalling ZZf
CALM1 Calmodulin 1 Calcium signalling ZWf/ZZf
CALR Calreticulin Calcium signalling ZZf
CAMKK1 Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase kinase 1 Calcium signalling ZZf
CHMP1A Chromatin modifying protein 1A Chromatin remodelling ZWf
CIRBP* Cold-inducible binding protein Temperature-sensing ZZf
CLK4* CDC like kinase 4 Temperature-sensing ZZf
CRH Corticotropin releasing hormone/factor Stress response ZWf
CYP17A1 Cytochrome P450 17A1 Sex determination and differentiation (Female-Specific) ZWf/ZZf
CYP19A1 Aromatase Sex determination and differentiation (Female-Specific) ZWf/ZZf
DDIT4 DNA damage inducible transcript 4 DNA damage repair ZZf
DLL3 Delta like canonical Notch ligand 3 Sex determination and differentiation (Male-specific) ZWf/ZZf
DLL4 Delta like canonical Notch ligand 4 Sex determination and differentiation (Male-specific) ZWf/ZZf
DMRT1 Doublesex and mab-3 related transcription factor 1 Sex determination and differentiation (Male-specific) NA
EGR1 Early growth response 1 Sex determination and differentiation ZZf
EIF1 Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1 Translation initiation ZZf
EIF4A2 Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A2 Translation initiation ZZf
ENDOD1 Endonuclease domain containing 1 DNA damage repair ZZf
ESR2 Estrogen receptor 2 Sex determination and differentiation (Female-Specific) ZWf
ESRRG Estrogen related receptor gamma Sex determination and differentiation (Female-Specific) ZZf
FIGLA Folliculogeneisis specific basic helix-loop-helix Sex determination and differentiation (Female-Specific) ZWf/ZZf
FOXL2 Forkhead box L2 Sex determination and differentiation (Female-Specific) ZWf/ZZf
FOXO3 Forkhead box O3 Redox regulation ZZf
FZD1 Frizzled class receptor 1 Sex determination and differentiation ZZf
GADD45G Growth arrest and DNA damage inducible gamma Sex determination and differentiation ZWf
GATA6 GATA binding factor 6 Sex determination and differentiation ZWf
GCA Grancalcin Calcium signalling ZWf
GLRX Glutaredoxin Redox regulation ZZf
GPX1 Glutathione peroxidase Redox regulation ZZf
HERC2 HECT and RLD domain containing E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 2 DNA damage repair ZZf
HNRNPUL1 Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein U like 1 Splicing ZWf/ZZf
HSD17B3 Hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 3 Sex determination and differentiation ZZf
HSP40 DnaJ heat shock protein family (hsp40) member B1 Temperature-sensing ZZf
HSP90AB1 Heat shock protein 90 alpha family class B member 1 Temperature-sensing ZWf/ZZf
HSPA4 Heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 4 Temperature-sensing ZWf/ZZf
HSPB1 Heat shock protein family B (Small) member 1 Temperature-sensing ZWf/ZZf
HSPB11 Heat shock protein family B (Small) member 11 Temperature-sensing ZWf/ZZf
HSPD1 Heat shock protein family D (Hsp60) member 1 Temperature-sensing ZWf/ZZf
HSPH1 Heat shock protein family H (Hsp110) member 1 Temperature-sensing ZWf/ZZf
IKBKG/NEMO NF-κB essential modulator NF-kB pathway ZWf
JAG2 Jagged 2 Sex determination and differentiation ZWf
JARID2* Jumonji and AT-rich interaction domain containing 2 Chromatin remodelling ZZf
KCNN1 Small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel protein 1 Calcium signalling ZZf
KCTD1 Potassium channel tetramerization domain containing 1 Sex determination and differentiation (Male-specific) ZZf
KDM1A Lysine demethylase 1A Chromatin remodelling ZWf/ZZf
KDM2B Lysine demethylase 2B Chromatin remodelling ZWf/ZZf
KDM3B Lysine demethylase 3B Chromatin remodelling ZWf/ZZf
KDM5B Lysine demethylase 5B Chromatin remodelling ZWf/ZZf
KDM6B* Lysine demethylase 6B Chromatin remodelling ZZf
LHX9 LIM homeobox 9 DNA damage repair ZWf
LIG4 DNA ligase 4 DNA damage repair ZZf
MAP3K8 Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 8 Stress response ZWf/ZZf
MAPK1 Mitogen-activated protein kinase 1 Stress response ZWf/ZZf
MAPK9 Mitogen-activated protein kinase 9 Stress response ZWf/ZZf
MCU Mitochondrial calcium uniporter Calcium signalling ZZf
MGST1 Microsomal glutathione S-transferase 1 Redox regulation ZZf
NANOS1 Nanos C2HC-type zinc finger 1 Sex determination and differentiation (Female-Specific) ZWf
NCOA4 Nuclear receptor coactivator 4 Sex determination and differentiation ZZf
NEIL3 Nei like DNA glycosylase 3 DNA damage repair ZZf
NR5A1 Nuclear receptor subfamily 5 group A member 1 Sex determination and differentiation ZZf
NRF2 Nuclear factor, erythroid 2 like 2 Redox regulation NA
PCGF1 Polycomb group ring finger 1 Chromatin remodelling ZZf
PCGF2/Mel18 Polycomb group ring finger 2 Chromatin remodelling ZWf
PCGF6 Polycomb group ring finger 6 Chromatin remodelling ZZf
PCYOX1L Prenylcysteine oxidate 1 like Redox regulation ZZf
PDGFB Platelet derived growth factor subunit B, paralog of mammalian PDGFA Sex determination and differentiation ZZf
PGR Progesterone receptor Sex determination and differentiation (Female-Specific) ZWf
PLCB1 Phospholipase C Beta 1 Calcium signalling ZZf
PLCL2 Phospholipase C like 2 Calcium signalling ZZf
POMC Proopiomelanocortin Stress response NA
PRDX3 Peroiredoxin 3 Redox regulation ZZf
PRKCI Protein kinase C iota NF-kB pathway ZWf
RSPO1 R-spondin 1 Sex determination and differentiation (Female-Specific) ZWf/ZZf
S100Z S100 calcium binding protein Z Calcium signalling ZZf
SFRP2 Secreted frizzled related protein 2 Sex determination and differentiation (Male-specific) ZZf
SOX4 SRY-box transcription factor 4 Sex determination and differentiation (Male-specific) ZWf
SOX9 Sry-box 9 Sex determination and differentiation (Male-specific) NA
SQOR Sulfide quinone oxidoreductase Redox regulation ZZf
SRD5A2 Steroid 5 alpha reductase 2 Sex determination and differentiation ZWf
STAT1 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 Stress response ZWf
STAT4 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 Stress response ZZf
STRA8 Stimulated by retinoic acid 8 Sex determination and differentiation ZWf/ZZf
TERF2IP Telomeric repeat-binding factor 2-interacting protein 1 NF-kB pathway ZWf
TGFBR3L Transforming growth factor beta receptor 3-like, paralog of mammalian TGFBR3 Sex determination and differentiation ZZf
TMEM38B/TRICB Trimeric intracellular cation channel type B Calcium signalling ZZf
TRPC4 Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily C member 4 Temperature-sensing ZZf
TRPV2* Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 2 Temperature-sensing ZZf
TXNDC11 Thioredoxin domain containing 11 Redox regulation ZZf
UBE2J1 Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 J1 Sex determination and differentiation ZWf/ZZf
UCP2 Oxidative stress responsive-gene uncoupling protein-2 Redox regulation ZZf
WNT5a Wnt family member 5a Sex determination and differentiation ZZf