Table 3

Summary of Sexually Dimorphic Expression of Eight Putative Genes at Post-hatching Day 25

GenBank Accession Number

Tentative Identification

lMAN

Area X

HVC

RA


CK313884

17β-HSD4†

NS*

NS

M>F

3.56a

--


CK310795

Methylcrotonyl-CoA

M>F

2.30

M>F

3.90

--

--


CK303566

Unknown

M>F

2.68

M>F

2.48

--

M>F

11.81


DV956689

Unknown

M>F

4.65

M>F

3.96

--

--


CK308959

Unknown

NS

--

M>F

3.80

--


CK306648

Unknown

NS

--

--

--


CK303187

KIAA 1797

NS

--

--

--


CK306803

SNX2†

NS

M>F

3.20

M>F

7.41

--


*Area measured, but no significant difference between males and females were found.

__ Area did not show specific staining within song nuclei on film or on slides, and therefore was not quantified.

†17β-HSD4 = 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type IV; SNX2 = Sorting Nexin 2

aMagnitude of sex difference (Male mean/female mean)

Tomaszycki et al. BMC Neuroscience 2009 10:24   doi:10.1186/1471-2202-10-24

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