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Table 3 Biased expression of gene categories significantly regulated by mating in both Drosophila and Apis mellifera

From: Genomic analysis of post-mating changes in the honey bee queen (Apis mellifera)

GO Biological Process

Count

%

p-value

response to stress

5

19.23%

0.002

alternative splicing

5

19.23%

0.005

protein binding

16

61.54%

0.007

response to hypoxia

2

7.69%

0.009

calcium ion binding

4

15.38%

0.010

mitotic spindle checkpoint

2

7.69%

0.018

spindle checkpoint

2

7.69%

0.018

anterior/posterior axis specification

3

11.54%

0.018

anterior/posterior pattern formation

3

11.54%

0.022

tissue development

4

15.38%

0.024

mitotic checkpoint

2

7.69%

0.025

calcium binding

2

7.69%

0.028

axis specification

3

11.54%

0.030

cell cycle checkpoint

2

7.69%

0.031

acetylation

2

7.69%

0.032

mesoderm development

3

11.54%

0.040

ventral cord development

2

7.69%

0.044

physiological process

17

65.38%

0.047

splice variant

5

19.23%

0.047

cytoplasm

6

23.08%

0.048

  1. We compared our results to the results of a study published by McGraw et.al. (2004) that identified changes in gene expression in Drosophila females 1–3 hours after mating. Of the genes on our honey bee arrays, 336 were also found on the arrays used by McGraw et.al. (2004) [3]. Only 21 genes from this list were significantly regulated by mating in both bees and Drosophila. Several GO biological processes were overrepresented among the 21 transcripts differentially expressed in both data sets, such as: stress response, alternative splicing, protein binding, and tissue development.