Table 5 Annotated differentially expressed genes (P _adj < 0.05 & log₂FC > 1) for the superior versus the inferior swimming performers

Transcription factor AP-1; Transcription factor jun-D; Hemoglobin subunit alpha; CEF10; Cytochrome c oxidase polypeptide VIII-heart; Heat shock protein beta-11; Acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase 2-like; 14–3-3 protein gamma-2; Putative tropomyosin; AP-3 complex subunit beta-1; Calcineurin B homologous protein 2; Calcium-binding protein p22; Serine/threonine-protein kinase pim-3; etc.

NDRG1; Transposase; Fructose-1; Lipolysis-stimulated lipoprotein receptor; Immune costimulatory protein; PiggyBac transposase; Inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain H3; Connective tissue growth factor-like protein; Tetraspanin-1; Epithelial cadherin; Cytochrome P450; Protein cordon-bleu; Polyunsaturated fatty acid elongase elovl5b; T-box transcription factor TBX2b; Fibronectin; Phospholipase A1 member A; Neuromodulin; Complement C1q-like protein 2; Deoxyribonuclease gamma

Nil

Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1; Cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-3; Early growth response 1; Transcription factor AP-1; Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase type 5; Krueppel-like factor 2; Smtnl protein; DNA damage-inducible transcript 3

Snail homologue 3

Smtnl protein; Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase type 5; Cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-3

Snail homologue 3; Alpha-1D adrenoreceptor

Serine/threonine-protein kinase 6; Smtnl protein; HMG-CoA reductase; Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase type 5; F3a protein; Krueppel-like factor 15; Serine/threonine-protein kinase Pim-1; Cysteine dioxygenase; Thromboplastin; Cryptochrome 3