Table 3. Functional description of transcriptome assemblies.
Gene Ontology categories significantly (A) over- and (B) under-represented in song (SOSP), white-crowned (WCSP) and white-throated (WTSP) sparrows (observed/expected, FDR adjusted Fisher’s exact test, p < 0.05).
| GO Category | SOSP | WCSP | WTSP |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | |||
| cytoplasm | 1810/1739 | 1793/1718 | 1751/1650 |
| intracellular | 1629/1575 | 1632/1555 | 1577/1494 |
| mitochondrion | 790/753 | 788/744 | 781/715 |
| nucleic acid binding | 935/903 | 935/892 | 900/857 |
| nucleolus | 244/231 | 243/229 | 241/220 |
| protein binding | 5298/5218 | 5258/5154 | 5037/4951 |
| protein phosphorylation | 558/539 | 558/532 | 542/511 |
| transferase activity, transferring phosphorous containing groups |
538/519 | 538/513 | 522/493 |
| B | |||
| cytokine activity | 43/58 | 40/58 | 37/55 |
| DNA integration | 8/13 | 7/13 | 4/12 |
| extracellular region | 263/320 | 264/316 | 238/303 |
| hormone activity | 31/43 | 32/43 | 26/41 |
| immune response | 68/88 | 61/87 | 57/84 |
| MHC Class I protein complex | 3/8 | 2/7 | 2/7 |