TABLE 4.

Enriched pathways of differentially expressed genes of sham-inseminated hens at late lay compared to peak lay.

Direction	Pathways	nGenes	adj.Pval
Upregulated	Microtubule-based process	52	5.4e-11
	Cilium organization	30	1.6e-10
	Microtubule-based movement	29	1.2e-08
	Cell projection assembly	31	1.2e-08
	Cilium assembly	26	1.2e-08
	Cilium movement	17	1.2e-08
	Axoneme assembly	12	3.8e-08
	Plasma membrane bounded cell projection assembly	30	3.8e-08
	Cell projection organization	50	6.1e-07
	Microtubule cytoskeleton organization	31	6.1e-07
	Microtubule bundle formation	12	7.6e-07
	Organelle assembly	35	1.6e-06
	Plasma membrane bounded cell projection organization	47	2.9e-06
	Microtubule-based transport	13	6.9e-05
	Determination of left/right symmetry	11	7.8e-05