Evolution of a cluster of innate immune genes (β-defensins) along the ancestral lines of chicken and zebra finch

Immunome Research

Table 2 Expression of nine zebra finch β-defensin loci in six different tissues sampled.

Locus	Embryo	Liver	Muscle	Skin	Spleen	Testes	τ
AvBD2	0.0	7.6	0.0	83.2	59.0	0.0	0.630
AvBD7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.9	0.0	0.737
AvBD8	3.1	7.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.616
AvBD9	6.2	4357.5	0.0	4.0	41.7	23.4	0.743
AvBD10	43.2	1338.8	0.0	4.0	3.5	20.0	0.720
AvBD13	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.9	0.0	0.0	-
AvBD115	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.9	0.0	-
AvBD123	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3	-
AvBD125	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.9	0.0	-
total library size:	323897	392890	325646	252349	287902	299755

Values given represent numbers of transcripts (454-sequencing reads) per million (TPM). Tissue specificity of expression (τ) for genes represented by at least four transcripts was calculated according to Mank et al. (2008) [41].