List of 46 candidate genes found in three or more seed gene lists.

Groups of correlated seed genes are given a letter designation: aSix3, Notch1, Tshz1; bSix3, Eya1, Notch1; cEya1, Notch1, Bmp4; dSix3, Eya1, Notch1, Bmp4; eSix3, Notch1, Dach1; fEya2, Eya3, Notch1, Tshz1; gEya1, Notch1, Tshz1; hSix3, Eya1, Notch1, Pax6. Candidate gene synonymies are provided in parentheses. “RGC” are retinal ganglion cells. “NA” indicates no previous report of the candidate gene specifically involved in retina, retinal development, CNS development, brain development, or development as searched in PubMed. *CRMP3 is a direct target of calpain that cleaves CRMP-3 at the N terminus [46]. **Biological Process GO Annotation of Neural Retina Development (0003407). ***Biological Process GO Annotation of Nervous System Development (0007399).