Table 8. Up- and down-regulated Chinese fir DEGs by GO process ontology.

GO function ontology	7Y vs. 15Y		7Y vs. 21Y		15Y vs. 21Y
	Up	Down	Up	Down	Up	Down
Metabolic process	0	1	2	1	782	765
Cellular process	0	1	2	0	661	718
Single-organism process	0	1	1	0	601	672
Response to stimulus	0	1	0	0	357	354
Biological regulation	0	1	0	0	281	278
Localization	0	1	1	0	194	222
Cellular component organization or biogenesis	0	1	0	0	177	188
Developmental process	0	1	0	0	172	211
Multicellular organismal process	0	1	0	0	132	131
Reproductive process	0	1	0	0	89	102
Multi-organism process	0	1	0	0	59	75
Signaling	0	0	0	0	53	75
Growth	0	1	0	0	36	62
Reproduction	0	0	0	0	28	27
Immune system process	0	0	0	0	23	28
Biological adhesion	0	0	0	0	6	15
Rhythmic process	0	0	0	0	3	5
Biological phase	0	0	0	0	2	1
Locomotion	0	0	0	0	1	2