Table 1.
Number of genes for specific metabolic and signalling pathways identified in the zebra finch genome that were present in the transcriptome assembly presented here.
| GO number | Biological process | Total # zebra finch genes | # present in this analysis | % represented | Mean τ (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GO:0006096 | Glycolysis | 31 | 37 | 84 | 0.41 (0.30 - 0.51) |
| GO:0006094 | Gluconeogenesis | 7 | 6 | 86 | 0.56 (0.25 - 0.86) |
| GO:0006098 | Pentose Phosphate | 8 | 7 | 88 | 0.44 (0.31 - 0.56) |
| GO:0006101 | Citrate metabolic processes | 2 | 2 | 100 | 0.52 (NA) |
| GO:0007224 | Hedgehog signalling pathways | 15 | 7 | 47 | 0.50 (0.38 - 0.62) |
| GO:0007259 | JAK/STAT cascade | 8 | 5 | 63 | 0.55 (NA) |
| GO:0007219 | Notch signalling | 19 | 13 | 68 | 0.53 (0.42 - 0.65) |
| GO:0016055 | WNT signalling | 48 | 20 | 42 | 0.51 (0.38 - 0.64) |
| GO:0002224 | Toll like receptor signalling | 6 | 3 | 50 | 0.67 (NA) |
| - | MHC genes | 16 | 10 | 62 | 0.60 (0.40 - 0.80) |
Number of MHC related genes included in this study is also given. The mean index of tissue specificity of expression (τ) and its 95% CI (when more than two τ values) for each pathway is also given.