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. 2010 Jun 21;107(27):12174–12179. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1006183107

Table 1.

Genes harboring newly inserted Alus in humans are enriched in nervous system development function

Function annotation Fisher Pv Benjamini Pv No. of genes
Neurological process of axons 1.17E-08 2.75E-06 35
Guidance of axons 7.70E-07 1.71E-04 28
Neurotransmission 6.58E-05 1.38E-02 46
Development of sensory projections 9.12E-05 1.77E-02 5
Synaptic transmission 1.23E-04 2.28E-02 43
Neurological process of eukaryotic cells 5.11E-04 8.08E-02 33
Growth of neurites 5.98E-04 8.95E-02 48
Neurological process of cells 7.39E-04 9.26E-02 36
Chemorepulsion of neurons 7.53E-04 9.26E-02 4
Pathfinding of axons 7.53E-04 9.26E-02 4
Neurological process of normal cells 8.84E-04 9.93E-02 30

P values calculated by Fisher's exact method are not corrected for multiple testing. Benjamini-Hochberg method was implemented to set a cumulative FDR of 0.1.