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Table 2 Overexpressed biological processes in asexual stages compared to genes shared by both gametocytes

From: Comparative transcriptomics of female and male gametocytes in Plasmodium berghei and the evolution of sex in alveolates

GO term ID

GO term description

p value

Genes/total

GO:0010467

Gene expression

2.1 ×10−16

304/436

GO:0006412

Translation

1.0 ×10−12

165/217

GO:0009058

Biosynthetic process

1.1 ×10−8

236/358

GO:0016070

RNA metabolic process

5.7 ×10−7

185/278

GO:0044238

Primary metabolic process

1.5 ×10−5

598/1068

GO:0022613

Ribonucleoprotein complex biogenesis

3.36 ×10−5

58/73

GO:0043170

Macromolecule metabolic process

5.2 ×10−5

533/948

GO:0030163

Protein catabolic process

0.00081

41/51

GO:0009451

RNA modification

0.00095

29/33

GO:0006082

Organic acid metabolic process

0.0042

56/78

GO:0006520

Cellular amino acid metabolic process

0.0046

43/57

GO:0009308

Amine metabolic process

0.012

45/62

GO:0032940

Secretion by cell

0.015

24/29

GO:0046903

Secretion

0.015

24/29

GO:0009057

Macromolecule catabolic process

0.021

50/72

GO:0043038

Amino acid activation

0.022

28/36

GO:0009987

Cellular process

0.033

703/1331

GO:0016192

Vesicle-mediated transport

0.038

42/60

GO:0001522

Pseudouridine synthesis

0.044

15/17

GO:0032259

Methylation

0.044

15/17