Table 2.

The developmental time point presenting the highest fold-change of either upregulation or downregulation of mtDNA gene expression in samples from Data sets I and II

Before P0Right after birth/hatchingFirst week/s after birthLate change
HeartHuman (0.87), mouse (0.88), rat (0.72), rhesus (0.86), chicken (0.66)Rabbit (0.83)
Forebrain/cerebrumChicken (0.35)Human (0.72), rat (0.06), rhesus (0.65)Mouse (0.37), rabbit (0.59)
Hindbrain/CerebellumHuman (0.62), rat (0.19), rhesus (0.41), chicken (−0.19)Mouse (0.69), rabbit (0.52)
KidneyHuman (0.78), mouse (0.84), rhesus (0.88)Chicken (0.16), rat (0)Rabbit (0.79)
LiverHuman (0.23), pig (0.8), rat (0.03)Chickena (−0.6), mouse (0.67), rabbit (0.27)Rhesus (0)
TestisHuman, rabbit, rataChicken,a rhesusMousea
OvaryChicken,a rabbit, rata

[i] aDownregulation; the rest were upregulated. Numbers in parentheses indicate the level of coordination of nuclear DNA–encoded OXPHOS genes and mtDNA-encoded genes as explained in the Methods.