Table 3. Gene Ontology for Annotated Monarch Genes.
| Gene Ontology Terms | Danaus Plexippus | Drosophila Genome (FlyBase) |
| Molecular function | 4158 | 8849 |
| antioxidant activity (GO:0016209) | 22 | 34 |
| auxiliary transport protein activity (GO:0015457) | 2 | 6 |
| binding (GO:0005488) | 2565 | 2474 |
| catalytic activity (GO:0003824) | 2120 | 3299 |
| chaperone regulator activity (GO:0030188) | 1 | 1 |
| enzyme regulator activity (GO:0030234) | 237 | 269 |
| molecular transducer activity (GO:0060089) | 371 | 515 |
| motor activity (GO:0003774) | 45 | 72 |
| structural molecule activity (GO:0005198) | 402 | 405 |
| transcription regulator activity (GO:0030528) | 419 | 609 |
| transcription factor activity (GO:0003700) | 147 | 300 |
| translation regulator activity (GO:0045182) | 72 | 83 |
| transporter activity (GO:0005215) | 545 | 650 |
| Biological process | 4097 | 7393 |
| biological adhesion (GO:0022610) | 216 | 152 |
| biological regulation (GO:0065007) | 1119 | 1455 |
| cellular process (GO:0009987) | 3626 | 4953 |
| developmental process (GO:0032502) | 1192 | 2244 |
| establishment of localization (GO:0051234) | 1026 | 732 |
| growth (GO:0040007) | 77 | 130 |
| immune system process (GO:0002376) | 108 | 197 |
| localization (GO:0051179 | 1206 | 1074 |
| locomotion (GO:0040011) | 7 | 12 |
| maintenance of localization (GO:0051235) | 24 | 23 |
| metabolic process (GO:0008152) | 2816 | 3148 |
| multicellular organismal process (GO:0032501) | 1135 | 2366 |
| multi-organism process (GO:0051704) | 34 | 209 |
| pigmentation (GO:0043473) | 26 | 68 |
| reproduction (GO:0000003) | 373 | 698 |
| reproductive process (GO:0022414) | 86 | 203 |
| response to stimulus (GO:0050896) | 584 | 975 |
| behavior (GO:0007610) | 148 | 452 |
| adult behavior (GO:0030534) | 38 | 108 |
| chemosensory behavior (GO:0007635) | 37 | 169 |
| feeding behavior (GO:0007631) | 5 | 20 |
| grooming behavior (GO:0007625) | 4 | 10 |
| hatching behavior (GO:0035187) | 1 | 1 |
| larval behavior (GO:0030537) | 17 | 29 |
| learning and/or memory (GO:0007611) | 51 | 94 |
| locomotory behavior (GO:0007626) | 74 | 158 |
| mechanosensory behavior (GO:0007638) | 2 | 26 |
| regulation of behavior (GO:0050795) | 1 | 18 |
| reproductive behavior (GO:0019098) | 37 | 87 |
| rhythmic behavior (GO:0007622) | 24 | 34 |
| visual behavior (GO:0007632) | 8 | 11 |
| rhythmic process (GO:0048511) | 34 | 48 |
Number of assembled monarch (D. plexippus) sequences that were assigned into GO categories of Molecular function and Biological process based on BLASTX homology. The Drosophila number is provided as a reference.