Table 1. Predominant biological pathways identified in chinook salmon ovarian fluid. Gene Ontology annotations (biological process) based on the AgBase v2.00 database.

GO Pathway Category	Number of proteins in category
Response to chemical stimulus	14
Response to hypoxia	12
Response to estradiol stimulus	8
Response to bacterium	8
Somitogenesis	9
Epiboly involved in gastrulation with mouth forming second	6