Table 4.
Significant functional categories identified by EASE for the 101 significant genes regulated by sex in the young group
| System | Gene Catery | List Hits |
Population Hits |
EASE score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molecular Function | RNA binding | 15 | 375 | 0.000 |
| Molecular Function | Nucleic acid binding | 35 | 1897 | 0.002 |
| Cellular Component | Ribonucleoprotein complex | 10 | 290 | 0.006 |
| Biological Process | RNA processing | 9 | 248 | 0.007 |
| Cellular Component | Spliceosome complex | 5 | 69 | 0.008 |
| Biological Process | RNA metabolism | 9 | 269 | 0.012 |
| Cellular Component | cAMP-dependent protein kinase complex | 3 | 15 | 0.013 |
| Cellular Component | Obsolete cellular component | 10 | 324 | 0.013 |
| Biological Process | RNA splicing | 5 | 92 | 0.021 |
| Biological Process | Development | 25 | 1422 | 0.027 |
| Biological Process | Male gamete generation | 5 | 102 | 0.029 |
| Biological Process | Spermatogenesis | 5 | 102 | 0.029 |
| Biological Process | Sexual reproduction | 6 | 152 | 0.030 |
| Molecular Function | Pre-mRNA splicing factor activity | 4 | 61 | 0.030 |
| Biological Process | Reproduction | 6 | 153 | 0.030 |
| Cellular Component | Nucleus | 34 | 2101 | 0.032 |
| Molecular Function | Cell adhesion molecule activity | 8 | 277 | 0.035 |
| Molecular Function | Chromatin binding | 3 | 29 | 0.041 |