Transcriptomic analysis of the lesser spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula) pancreas, liver and brain reveals molecular level conservation of vertebrate pancreas function

Table 2 Number of contigs with a BLAST hit in the RefSeq database and gene ontology (GO) annotation assigned by BLAST2GO[124, 125]

	Number contigs with BLAST hit	Number contigs with GO annotation	Number of transcription factors	Number of signaling pathway components
Pancreas only	998	766	13	38
Pancreas only	(15%)	(12%)	13	38
Brain only	8093	6740	145	359
Brain only	(38%)	(32%)	145	359
Liver only	830	661	12	37
Liver only	(24%)	(19%)	12	37
Pancreas, brain	1640	1412	33	104
Pancreas, brain	(43%)	(37%)	33	104
Pancreas, liver	249	200	14	11
Pancreas, liver	(27%)	(22%)	14	11
Brain, liver	1019	909	10	83
Brain, liver	(41%)	(37%)	10	83
Pancreas, liver, brain	3380	3141	51	187
	(53%)	(49%)

The number of transcription factors and signaling pathway components in each tissue or tissue combination is also shown.

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