Table 1 Conservation of biological processes and pathways across Insecta.
Biological Processes and Pathways | A. mellifera | N. vitripennis | D. melanogaster | A. pisum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Development | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Dorsoventral Axis Formation | 21 (22) | 10 (10) | 63 (65) | 17 (17) |
Progesterone mediated oocyte maturation | 50 (50) | 41 (41) | 59 (59) | 37 (39) |
Developmental Signalling Pathways | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Decapentaplegic | 21 (22) | 19 (19) | 33 (34) | 23 (24) |
Hedgehog | 23 (25) | 24 (25) | 36 (37) | 15 (15) |
Notch | 16 (17) | 18 (18) | 31 (32) | 18 (19) |
Wnt | 62 (63) | 60 (60) | 118 (119) | 49 (50) |
Metabolism | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Metabolic Pathways | 526 (532) | 497 (508) | 1118 (1169) | 528 (533) |
Physiology | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Circadian rhythm | 6 (7) | 7 (7) | 31 (36) | 8 (8) |
JAK-STAT | 13 (14) | 11 (12) | * | 17 (17) |
MAPK | 9 (11) | 6 (7) | 25 (28) | 15 (17) |
mTOR | 23 (23) | 20 (20) | 42 (43) | 25 (25) |
Neuroactive-ligand binding receptor | 27 (29) | 15 (15) | 43 (43) | 12 (12) |
Phototransduction | 26 (28) | 24 (24) | 45 (46) | 17 (17) |
Proteasome | 35 (35) | 35 (35) | 50 (50) | 45 (45) |
Defence | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Endocytosis | 69 (69) | 66 (66) | 139 (139) | 75 (75) |
Lysosome | 51 (52) | 53 (53) | 113 (116) | 55 (59) |
Natural Killer Cell Cytotoxicity | 19 (19) | 13 (13) | 36 (36) | 22 (22) |
Phagosome | 38 (39) | 50 (51) | 99 (100) | 44 (44) |
Regulation of Autophagy | 12 (12) | 11 (11) | 18 (18) | 14 (14) |
Total | 1047 | 980 | 2099 | 1036 |
(proportion) | 97.9% | 98.5% | 96.7% | 98.5% |