Fig. 5

STRING pathway analyses diagram for transcripts upregulated in males. The primary group of transcripts upregulated in the brain of male Amami spiny rat are transcripts encoding zinc finger proteins (yellow highlighted area). Several other smaller clusters are present. Network nodes represent proteins. Splice isoforms or post-translational modifications are collapsed, i.e. each node represents all the proteins produced by a single, protein-coding gene locus. Node colors are arbitrary. Edges represent protein-protein associations. Associations are meant to be specific and meaningful, i.e. proteins jointly contribute to a shared function; this does not necessarily mean they are physically binding each other. Edge confidence is the relative amount of supporting evidence for the connection between two proteins in the diagram. Thicker lines have more support; thinner lines have less support