Table 3.
Gene ontogeny (GO) categories significantly enriched in genes experiencing positive selection
| Category | Description | No. of genes | Fold enrichmentc | P-valued | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tested | PSGa | E[PSG]b | ||||
| Molecular Function | ||||||
| GO:0004252 | Serine-type endopeptidase activity | 36 | 15 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 0.0003 |
| GO:0004930 | G-protein coupled receptor activity | 45 | 15 | 7.0 | 2.2 | 0.0020 |
| GO:0005328 | Neurotransmitter sodium symporter activity | 17 | 9 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.0001 |
| GO:0005509 | Calcium ion binding | 140 | 42 | 21.6 | 1.9 | <0.0001 |
| GO:0008484 | Sulfuric ester hydrolase activity | 23 | 10 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 0.0013 |
| Cellular Component | ||||||
| GO:0016020 | Membrane | 546 | 120 | 84.4 | 1.4 | 0.0001 |
| Biological Process | ||||||
| GO:0006508 | Proteolysis | 147 | 36 | 22.7 | 1.6 | 0.0027 |
| GO:0006836 | Neurotransmitter transport | 17 | 9 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 0.0002 |
| GO:0007156 | Homophilic cell adhesion | 14 | 8 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 0.0003 |
aPositively Selected Gene
bExpected number of PSGs
cFold enrichment of observed PSGs to E[PSGs]
dEmpirical P-values were determined by the hypergeometric with 10,000 re-samplings from a total of 6520 genes tested and 1008 identified as PSGs. All remain significant at a False Discovery Rate of 10%