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Table 1 Common candidate genes for DGRP and extreme QTL GWA analyses previously associated with alcohol-related phenotypes in humans

From: Polymorphisms in early neurodevelopmental genes affect natural variation in alcohol sensitivity in adult drosophila

Drosophila gene symbol

Biological process

Human gene symbol

CAP

Muscle attachment; sensory perception of sound

CAP2 [82]

CG31690

-

TMTC2 [63]

Dys

Imaginal disc-derived wing vein morphogenesis; neuromuscular synaptic transmission; muscle organ development

DMD, UTRN [14, 63]

fz

Wnt signaling pathway; signal transduction; axon extension; heart development; negative regulation of Notch signaling pathway; establishment or maintenance of cell polarity

FZD9 [82]

IA-2

Protein dephosphorylation; regulation of secretion

PTPRN2 [14]

KCNQ

Potassium ion transport; embryonic development via the syncytial blastoderm; regulation of heart rate

KCNQ3 [63, 64]

luna

Regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; mitotic sister chromatid segregation

KLF7 [110]

milt

Axon transport of mitochondrion

TRAK2 [63]

mtt

Phospholipase C-activating G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathway; response to insecticide; adult feeding behavior

GRM5 [12]

Nrx-IV

Dorsal closure; protein localization; synaptic vesicle targeting; cell-cell junction organization; establishment or maintenance of cell polarity

CHRNA5, CHRNA 7 [10, 83, 111]

Pde1c

cGMP metabolic process; cAMP metabolic process

PDE1C [63, 64]

Rbp6

Stem cell development

MSI2 [112]

rhea

Cell adhesion; muscle attachment; regulation of cell shape; larval somatic muscle development; negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; phagocytosis

TLN2 [63]

shn

Ectoderm development; cell proliferation; learning or memory; olfactory learning; transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling pathway; peripheral nervous system development; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter

HIVEP1 [63]

stan

Establishment of planar polarity; cell adhesion; axonogenesis; mushroom body development; Wnt signaling pathway; negative regulation of Notch signaling pathway

CELSR1 [113]