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Table 2 Xanthophore and iridophore-related DEGs detected by comparisons of the orange and dull skin specimens

From: Genetic basis of orange spot formation in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

Pigmentary function

Gene name

logFC

FDR

Xanthophore

 Xanthophore development

csf1b (LOC103467541)

1.56187733

7.53E−21

csf1ra*

1.63430688

2.96E−24

ednrba (LOC103478941)*

1.24385446

5.81E−10

pax7a

2.58940395

1.20E−61

sox10*

0.75461751

0.00019484

thra (LOC103468293)*

0.8015877

1.46E−05

 Pteridine synthesis

gart*

0.98145905

2.40E−12

gch2 (LOC103481546)*

3.3024431

3.57E−41

paics (LOC103463823)*

1.17429464

3.37E−15

pts*

0.91297172

3.58E−08

xdh

1.47551965

0.00067471

 Carotenoid related

bscl2 (LOC103471440)

2.47443216

1.88E−23

plin6 (LOC103477535)

2.23792664

7.62E−13

scarb1

0.71637304

9.37E−06

ttc39bl (LOC103472854)

2.38355104

6.61E−13

Iridophore

 Iridophore development

ednrba (LOC103478941)*

1.24385446

5.81E−10

fhl2l (LOC103457533)

2.5165114

5.51E−14

gpnmb*

2.87475033

7.17E−19

ltk (LOC103458875)

1.20535128

1.62E−08

mpv17

0.57722503

0.00433149

sox10*

0.75461751

0.00019484

tfec

1.60957677

6.55E−08

 Guanine synthesis

gart*

0.98145905

2.40E−12

paics (LOC103463823)*

1.17429464

3.37E−15

pnp4a (LOC103464790)

2.48670961

1.74E−14

  1. Asterisks indicate genes with known effects on multiple pigment cells (xanthophore, iridophore, and melanophore). Upregulation and downregulation of genes in the orange skin specimens are presented as positive and negative log2-fold change (logFC) values, respectively