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Table 4 Functional clustering of 147 fly orthologs of genes showing significant differences in expression between honey bee species, based on Gene Ontology-defined biological processes

From: Species differences in brain gene expression profiles associated with adult behavioral maturation in honey bees

Cluster

GO ID

GO category

Level

No. of genes

Fly orthologs

p value

1

GO:0007154

cell communication

3

7

Sgt, CG11105, BM-40-SPARC, CG3876, inx3, Cad87A, Mnn1

0.02

2

GO:0015031

protein transport

5,6

5

Kif3C, CLIP-190, garz, CG31048, RhoBTB

5.522e-06

3

GO:0007275

development

2

7

e, Dat, wun, Hsc70-4, bif, Hsp83, chic

0.0148

4

GO:0044237

cellular metabolism

4

17

Tctp, CG10178, Ugt86Dd, Sulf1, CG10903, CG10638, Rpb8, pyd3, ACXD, Gycβ100Bb100B, CG6946, CG7564, Rsf1, fru, CG3726, Sirt2, gro

0.009793

5

GO:0050896

response to stimulus

3

7

CG7966, dsd, Tsp96F, 18w, PebIII, Rh6, CG9265

0.005519

6

GO:0006508

proteolysis

7

5

Nep2, east, CG4998, CG4678, CG32130

0.002551

7

GO:0019538

protein metabolism

5

12

Rpn2, Nep2, east, CG4998, CG4678, CG32130, S2P, Pcmt, RpL6, Cralbp, Psa, FKBP59

2.287e-06

8

GO:0006520

amino acid metabolism

6,7

5

CG1732, Eaat2, CG6028, CG8745, b

0.000116

  1. Clustering was carried out in GOToolBox using the WPGMA algorithm with a Bonferroni correction for multiple testing. A minimum cluster size of 5 genes was applied. See Table 6 for honey bee gene IDs.