Table 4 Significant fold changes (FC) in gene transcription levels in eels from segment 3 as compared to individuals from segment 2 (FC 3:2) or from segment 1 (FC 3:1) (SAM analysis, FDR cutoff = 5%)

S100P

calcium binding

eeel2_rep_c5535

12.7

6.1

2.1

S100P

calcium binding

eeel2_s9035

12.4

6.0

2.1

S100P

calcium binding

eeel2_s8956

11.8

6.7

1.8

S100P

calcium binding

eeel2_s8475

9.8

6.1

1.6

S100A11

calcium binding

eeel_rep_c16089

16.1

7.4

2.2

S100A11

calcium binding

eeel_rep_c58988

15.1

7.4

2.0

S100A11

calcium binding

eeel2_rep_c5969

14.0

7.3

1.9

S100A6

calcium binding

eeel2_s6035

14.3

6.5

2.2

S100A1

calcium binding

eeel2_rep_c8719

14.2

7.1

2.0

S100A1

calcium binding

eeel_s9222

12.0

9.1

1.3

Keratin 5

cell structure

eeel_rep_c59287

29.2

14.5

2.0

Keratin 12

cell structure

eeel2_rep_c5249

5.2

4.4

1.2

Keratin 12

cell structure

eeel_s8804

7.8

8.3

0.9

Keratin 12

cell structure

eeel_c8960

8.0

8.5

0.9

Cytokeratin 1

cell structure

eeel_rep_c58375

6.9

7.2

1.0

Cytokeratin 1

cell structure

eeel_c10204

7.3

7.7

0.9

Keratin

cell structure

eeel_c5504

7.7

8.7

0.9

Keratin

cell structure

eeel_c13622

8.3

9.0

0.9

Non muscle cofilin 1

neuralgrowth

eeel2_s5802

4.8

3.3

1.4

Non muscle cofilin 1

neuralgrowth

eeel2_s5819

4.0

3.0

1.3

Non muscle cofilin 1

neuralgrowth

eeel2_s5889

3.6

3.0

1.2

C59 protein

bacterial infection

eeel_c3624

9.2

3.0

3.1

Thy1 protein

surface glycoprotein

eeel_c9925

9.4

3.9

2.4

SH3 protein

unknown in brain

eeel2_rep_c5904

10.9

5.0

2.2

FABP protein

neural growth

eeel2_s8168

10.3

5.0

2.1

Mucin 2

unnown in brain

defence system

13.5

8.4

1.6

Intelectin 1

defence system

eeel2_c833

6.9

4.4

1.6

ATPase, Ca++ transporting

unknown in brain

eeel_2_rep_c8320

12.3

7.8

1.6

Calmodulin

synaptic signaling

eeel_c13874

11.5

7.4

1.6

Claudin 4

tight junction

eeel2_c529

6.1

4.6

1.3

Unnamed

unknown in brain

eeel2_c497

4.6

3.7

1.2

L0C100135339

unknown in brain

eeel2__rep_c4986

12.6

10.3

1.2

C2A protein

unknown in brain

eeel_rep_c35338

2.3

2.0

1.2

Zona pellucida-like protein

unknown in brain

eeel2_s8124

4.6

4.0

1.2

C13antigen

unknown in brain

eeel_c14624

10.2

8.9

1.2

Proteoglycan 4

unknown in brain

eeel2_c3589

2.5

2.3

1.1

Serotriflin

unknown in brain

eeel2_rep_c5326

3.3

3.2

1.1

BRAFLDRAFT_63199

unknown in brain

eeel2_s7960

2.4

2.5

1.0

Epiplakin

unknown in brain

eeel_rep_c28794

4.1

5.9

0.7

Mucin5

unknown in brain

eeel2_c2120

5.3

9.3

0.6