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Table 2 Summary of Gene Ontology (GO) Analysis of differentially expressed gene lists

From: Shared genes related to aggression, rather than chemical communication, are associated with reproductive dominance in paper wasps (Polistes metricus)

Cluster

Biological process of cluster

# genes

# Enriched subcategories

Example Drosophila homologs

Brain dominance-associated

C1

Compound eye development, photoreceptor cell differentiation

4

7/0

COP9 complex homolog subunit 4, microtubule star, rasputin, scabrous

C2

Cytoskeletal organization, actin filament organization

5

1/0

Paramyosin, Transitional endoplasmic reticulum, upheld

C3

Phagocytosis, vesicle mediated transport

4

0/0

Beadex, alpha-coatomer protein

C4

Reproduction, oogenesis

6

0/0

COP9 complex homolog subunit , Glutamate dehydrogenase, quick-to-court

C5

Nucleotide, ATP binding

8

0/0

Hexokinase A, polyA-binding protein, rasputin

C6

Zinc, ion, metal binding

7

0/0

Nucleosome remodeling factor - 38kD, Sorbitol dehydrogenase-2, upheld

Brain caste-associated

C1

Oxidation reduction

12

8/0

Ecdysone-induced protein 28/29kD, Glutathione peroxidase, Malate dehydrogenase, Sorbitol dehydrogenase-2

C2

Aging, determination of adult life span

4

0/0

Autophagy-specific gene 7, Excitatory amino acid transporter 1

C3

Cell cycle process, microtubule-based process, cytoskeletal organization

8

0/0

Eukaryotic initiation factor 4E, Helicase at 25E, Ribosomal protein L3, microtubule star, stubarista

C4

Regulation of RNA metabolism

8

0/0

Brahma associated protein 60kD, X box binding protein-1

C5

RNA splicing, binding, processing

7

0/0

Polyadenylate-binding protein 2, U2 small nuclear riboprotein auxiliary factor 50, hiiragi

C6

Metamorphosis, morphogenesis, cell death

5

0/0

Autophagy-specific gene 7, mastermind, scabrous

C7

Synaptic transmission

5

0/0

Glutamic acid decarboxylase , longitudinals lacking

Ovary dominance-associated

C1

Protein folding

18

0/0

Cyclophilin 1, DnaJ-like-2, Heat shock protein cognate 4, T-complex Chaperonin 5

C2

Proteolysis

52

1/0

Serine protease inhibitor 4, amontillado, supernumerary limbs, Proteasome 29kD subunit

C3

Mitotic spindle organization

36

7/0

Replication Protein A 70, Ribosomal protein S4, short spindle 4, Dynein heavy chain 64C

C4

Oxidative phosphorylation

16

0/0

ATP synthase-beta, V-type proton ATPase subunit d 1, NADH:ubiquinone reductase 75kD subunit precursor

C5

Regulation of cell projection, morphogenesis, differentiation

14

1/0

Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, twinstar, short stop, capping protein alpha

C6

Carboxylic and amino acid catabolic process

6

0/0

Glutamate dehydrogenase, Probable maleylacetoacetate isomerase 2, sluggish A

C7

Lipoprotein metabolism

4

0/0

N-myristoyl transferase, Putative GPI-anchor transamidase, Rab escort protein

Ovary caste-associated

C1

Cytoskeletal organization, mitotic spindle organization

94

11/0

Brahma associated protein 55kD, Dynamitin, Kinesin heavy chain, notch

C2

Protein folding

29

1/1

Calreticulin, Cyclophilin , Probable prefoldin subunit 4, Protein disulfide isomerase

C3

Translation

61

3/0

Elongation factor 1-gamma, Transcription factor IIB, Ribosomal protein S17

C4

Cofactor metabolic/biosynthetic process

29

3/0

Coenzyme Q biosynthesis protein 2, maroon-like, Succinate dehydrogenase B, Glutamate dehydrogenase

C5

Generation of precursor metabolites and energy, oxidative phosphorylation

45

5/0

Aconitase, Aldolase, Cytochrome c oxidase subunit Va, Pyruvate kinase

C6

Proteolysis

83

8/0

Diphenol oxidase A2, Insulin degrading metalloproteinase, Ubiquitin carrier protein, fizzy

C7

Glucose and hexose metabolism

23

6/0

Hexokinase A, Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, Phosphofructokinase

  1. Based on a GO analysis using Drosophila homologs, the top 6 or 7 clusters of GO terms corresponding to “Biological Process” are shown. Each cluster listed is accompanied by a description of the GO terms that make up the “Biological Process of Cluster”, “# genes” represented in each cluster, “# Enriched subcategories” which incidates GO subcategories that were significant within each cluster (counts refer to number of significant p-values, raw/FDR adjusted), and “Example Drosophila homologs” in each cluster.