Table 3 Selection scan results for 21 candidate genes

LYRM4

23:49320001-49330000

9.29

0.64

0.18

To bind cysteine desulfurase and help free inorganic sulfur for Fe/S clusters

COQ10A

5:57390001-57400000

6.31

0

0.31

Required for the function of coenzyme Q in the respiratory chain

TOMM40L

3:8290001-8300000

8.26

0

0.29

To participate in the import of precursors into mitochondria as potential channel-forming protein

FARS2

23:49010001-49020000

5.54

0.65

0.16

To transfer phenylalanine to tRNA and to participate in mitochondria for mitochondrial protein translation

MRPL41

11:105590001-105600000

8.98

0

0.35

To participate in protein synthesis within the mitochondrion as ribosomal protein

SCO1

19:30290001-30300000

7.01

0

0.26

To incorporate two Cytochrome c oxidase subunits

ABCB10

28:490001-500000

7.00

0.73

0.23

To participate in transports of molecules across cellular membrane

NDUFAF6

14:71630001-71640000

5.95

0.55

0.27

To regulate of biogenesis of subunit ND1 that is crucial for assembly of the mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I

IMMP2L

4:57730001-57740000

5.18

0

0.28

To process signal peptide sequences used to direct mitochondrial proteins to the mitochondria

SPATA19

29:33750001-33760000

8.36

0.077

0.23

Possibly to participate in spermiogenesis

HSD3B1

3:23810001-23820000

6.16

0

0.27

To catalyze the oxidative conversion of steroid precursors for the production of steroid hormones

TRAK2

2:90350001-90360000

31.40

0.49

0.3

Possibly to regulate endosome-to-lysosome trafficking of membrane cargo

WWOX

18:5720001-5730000

4.96

0.10

0.27

To act as a tumor suppressor and to induce apoptosis

SLC30A6

11:14780001-14790000

0

0.69

0.27

To regulate cytoplasmic level of zinc

MYH6

10:21350001-21360000

4.58

0

0.24

To participate in muscle contraction

CASP8

2:90290001-90300000

5.52

0.036

0.24

To induce in apoptosis

FYN

9:39140001-39150000

4.02

0.27

0.36

To control cell growth and survival as tyrosine kinase

TMEM71

14:9630001-9640000

6.12

0

0.24

Putative transmembrane protein

PNPLA7

11:105600001-105610000

15.13

0

0.36

To regulate adipocyte differentiation

XAF1

19:25750001-25760000

9.76

0.24

0.29

To regulate apoptosis by binds to the inhibitor of apoptosis protein family

ZFHX3

18:38410001-38420000

5.58

0

0.29

To regulate myogenic and neuronal differentiation.