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Table 6 Gene ontology (GO) terms overrepresented in (A) N. bryanti and (B) N. lepida on a creosote diet

From: Evidence for functional convergence in genes upregulated by herbivores ingesting plant secondary compounds

Ontology

List

Gene set

z-score

A. experienced N. bryanti

   

metabolic process

65

2711

2.58

response to stimulus

36

1241

2.73

small molecule metabolic process

30

782

4.09

cellular response to stimulus

26

882

2.28

catabolic process

24

626

3.57

cellular catabolic process

21

550

3.28

response to chemical stimulus

18

533

2.44

oxidation-reduction process

17

375

3.68

cellular ketone metabolic process

15

332

3.42

carboxylic acid metabolic process

14

321

3.15

organic acid metabolic process

14

328

3.06

oxoacid metabolic process

14

321

3.15

response to organic substance

14

348

2.82

small molecule catabolic process

13

282

3.25

lipid metabolic process

12

316

2.38

cellular response to chemical stimulus

10

222

2.74

response to endogenous stimulus

10

186

3.37

B. experienced N. lepida

   

response to stimulus

35

1241

2.13

Signaling

25

764

2.52

signal transduction

24

689

2.79

regulation of response to stimulus

16

430

2.49

intracellular signal transduction

15

347

3.03

oxidation-reduction process

15

375

2.7

regulation of signal transduction

15

327

3.28

regulation of signaling

15

363

2.84

lipid metabolic process

13

316

2.61

  1. “List” indicates the number of genes highly expressed within the term; “Gene set” indicates the total number of genes in that ontology included on the array.