Table 3 List of candidate genes significantly expressed in male gonads of giant clam

c140096.graph_c0

TSSK4

1466

10.98

Testis-specific serine/threonine-protein kinase 4

c233813.graph_c0

TSSK1

2750

10.23

Testis-specific serine/threonine-protein kinase 1

c233643.graph_c0

TSSK5

2759

10.02

Testis-specific serine/threonine-protein kinase 5

c139205.graph_c0

MARCH3

1049

10.01

E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase MARCH3

c192024.graph_c0

SP

639

9.783

Sperm-specific protein

c243537.graph_c0

SOX8

2521

8.48

Transcription factor Sox-8

c239972.graph_c0

SP17

3260

8.43

Sperm surface protein Sp17

c215109.graph_c1

TSS

1575

7.57

Testis-specific serine

c242073.graph_c0

SMKX

1941

7.37

Sperm motility kinase X

c245805.graph_c0

WEEL

3606

6.42

Mitosis inhibitor protein kinase wee1

c244841.graph_c2

SP

1962

6.38

sperm protein

c223469.graph_c1

RSP5

1087

6.20

E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase RSP5

c238287.graph_c0

CB3

1990

5.97

cyclin B3

c226708.graph_c0

SP17

1558

5.89

Sperm surface protein Sp17

c230037.graph_c0

SPATA17

1524

5.72

Spermatogenesis-associated protein 17

c248751.graph_c0

SPEF2

7300

5.30

Sperm flagellar protein 2

c234750.graph_c0

CYCA

1997

5.10

G2/mitotic-specific cyclin-A

c236288.graph_c0

SPATA7

2109

4.88

Spermatogenesis-associated protein 7

c244022.graph_c0

CYCF

3199

4.78

G2/mitotic-specific cyclin-F

c243072.graph_c0

CYCB

3237

4.54

cyclin B

c242769.graph_c0

SPAG6

1940

4.52

Sperm-associated antigen 6

c241588.graph_c0

SPATA6

4146

4.12

Spermatogenesis-associated protein 6

c240907.graph_c1

THEP

2056

3.84

testicular haploid expressed protein

c236645.graph_c0

CDC20L

2045

3.49

Cell division cycle protein 20-like protein

c229404.graph_c0

SP

935

3.47

sperm protein

c221360.graph_c0

CDCA3

912

3.03

Cell division cycle-associated protein 3

c205982.graph_c0

CKS1B

1225

2.91

Cyclin-dependent kinases regulatory subunit 1

c214859.graph_c0

FEM-1

1162

2.83

sex determining protein Fem-1 protein

c242650.graph_c0

CYP356A1

2436

2.26

Cytochrome P450

c246248.graph_c0

PIWI1

4389

1.88

Piwi-like protein 1

c264870.graph_c0

DMRT

459

5.65

Double sex/Male-abnormal-3 Related Transcription factor