Table 2.

Gene ontology analysis of the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) identified in the testis compared with those in the epididymis and ductus deferens.

P value	No DEGs	Gene onthology	P value	No DEGs
Testis vs. epididymis			Testis vs. ductus deferens
Biological process
Cell cycle
1.690E-13	96	Cell cycle	1.764E-11	112
3.135E-13	82	Cell cycle process	1.562E-10	93
1.726E-08	72	Chromosome organization	5.773E-07	84
2.750E-09	62	DNA metabolic process	9.569E-07	69
6.606E-14	43	Chromosome segregation	1.414E-10	45
4.458E-14	47	Nuclear division	5.553E-08	45
8.737E-10	34	Nuclear chromosome segregation	1.226E-05	33
9.497E-03	32	DNA repair	3.965E-03	40
3.673E-03	29	Cell cycle phase transition	1.064E-02	34
3.344E-05	25	DNA replication	3.999E-08	34
4.722E-05	23	Sister chromatid segregation	9.632E-03	23
4.585E-03	16	DNA-dependent DNA replication	3.157E-03	19
8.777E-07	13	Homologous chromosome segregation
4.123E-02	11	Chromosome separation
1.009E-03	8	DNA replication initiation
Meiosis
1.608E-05	13	Chromosome organization involved in meiotic cell cycle	3.059E-02	11
6.448E-05	11	Male meiotic nuclear division	1.276E-02	10
4.985E-07	16	Meiosis I
7.445E-07	16	Meiosis I cell cycle process
1.662E-12	29	Meiotic cell cycle	8.020E-07	26
5.564E-11	26	Meiotic cell cycle process	1.145E-05	23
1.588E-06	15	Meiotic chromosome segregation	3.031E-02	12
2.091E-11	25	Meiotic nuclear division	5.162E-06	22
Mitosis
7.940E-08	57	Mitotic cell cycle	8.212E-08	69
9.456E-03	26	Mitotic cell cycle phase transition
1.875E-06	48	Mitotic cell cycle process	5.440E-06	57
4.073E-05	27	Mitotic nuclear division	1.531E-02	27
1.200E-04	20	Mitotic sister chromatid segregation
Reproduction
5.123E-09	34	Cellular process involved in reproduction in multicellular organism	1.935E-04	32
3.552E-03	38	Developmental process involved in reproduction
2.571E-10	45	Gamete generation	6.086E-07	47
4.132E-04	22	Germ cell development
5.576E-09	36	Male gamete generation	1.275E-07	40
2.764E-10	50	Multicellular organism reproduction	1.636E-06	52
1.820E-10	50	Multicellular organismal reproductive process	1.114E-06	52
1.069E-08	51	Multiorganism reproductive process	7.508E-06	55
4.636E-07	32	Spermatogenesis	1.644E-05	35
1.714E-09	70	Reproduction	2.358E-10	87
1.562E-09	70	Reproductive process	2.107E-10	87
6.031E-09	48	Sexual reproduction	6.886E-06	51
Cell movement
		Axonemal dynein complex assembly	3.776E-05	10
		Axoneme assembly	5.973E-05	13
		Cilium assembly	1.831E-09	42
		Cilium movement	1.554E-06	14
		Cilium organization	9.106E-11	45
		Epithelial cilium movement	4.190E-02	6
		Flagellated sperm motility	7.720E-07	17
		Inner dynein arm assembly	1.844E-03	7
		Microtubule bundle formation	3.974E-05	16
6.823E-03	36	Microtubule cytoskeleton organization	3.954E-07	54
		Microtubule-based movement	3.812E-03	28
4.303E-02	44	Microtubule-based process	1.890E-09	74
		Sperm motility	1.223E-07	18
Other
3.605E-02	78	Cellular response to stress
2.691E-02	44	Protein modification by small protein conjugation
2.713E-03	53	Protein modification by small protein conjugation or removal
9.280E-03	43	Protein ubiquitination
Cellular component
Cell part
7.530E-08	503	Cell	5.626E-13	674
5.872E-08	500	Cell part	1.748E-13	671
4.979E-02	3	Central element
1.190E-02	35	Centrosome	1.280E-04	48
1.231E-02	75	Cytoskeletal part	1.813E-08	115
3.181E-02	87	Cytoskeleton	1.599E-06	128
Nucleus
2.065E-05	39	Nuclear chromosome	6.220E-07	50
5.719E-04	34	Nuclear chromosome part	2.581E-05	44
7.360E-07	174	Nuclear lumen	1.072E-06	219
1.470E-10	202	Nuclear part	2.306E-11	257
		Nuclear ubiquitin ligase complex	2.946E-03	10
6.971E-05	137	Nucleoplasm	1.660E-06	180
3.601E-11	274	Nucleus	2.304E-10	345
Chromosome
3.987E-06	57	Chromosomal part	1.956E-08	75
9.117E-05	26	Chromosomal region	5.403E-05	31
1.363E-06	62	Chromosome	8.355E-09	81
1.553E-02	16	Chromosome. Centromeric region	1.121E-02	19
1.506E-08	23	Condensed chromosome	1.658E-05	22
		Condensed chromosome kinetochore	2.874E-02	7
1.585E-02	5	Condensed chromosome outer kinetochore
2.605E-06	15	Condensed nuclear chromosome	5.989E-04	14
		Centriole	2.667E-02	14
		Kinetochore	2.477E-02	15
2.749E-02	22	Spindle	5.091E-03	28
Microtubule/cilium
		9 + 2 Motile cilium	2.322E-05	15
		Axoneme	5.710E-03	13
		Ciliary part	2.657E-04	37
		Ciliary plasm	5.710E-03	13
		Cilium	3.269E-07	50
		Cytoplasm	5.600E-03	425
3.301E-02	22	Microtubule	2.308E-03	29
6.755E-06	69	Microtubule cytoskeleton	1.072E-11	100
2.763E-04	46	Microtubule organizing center	5.210E-07	63
		Microtubule organizing center part	1.342E-03	20
		Motile cilium	1.848E-07	22
Sperm
		Sperm flagellum	5.648E-05	14
		Sperm part	1.202E-04	18
Molecular function
Binding
1.472E-03	91	Adenyl nucleotide binding	3.998E-04	118
1.267E-03	91	Adenyl ribonucleotide binding	3.326E-04	118
6.819E-04	90	ATP binding	2.280E-04	116
		Chromatin binding	3.349E-02	32
3.486E-02	4	DNA replication origin binding
9.735E-04	97	Drug binding	1.939E-03	122
2.279E-02	210	Heterocyclic compound binding	3.194E-02	274
3.857E-02	110	Nucleoside phosphate binding
3.857E-02	110	Nucleotide binding
2.126E-02	212	Organic cyclic compound binding	3.689E-02	276
3.246E-02	101	Purine nucleotide binding	1.953E-02	131
1.411E-02	100	Purine ribonucleoside triphosphate binding	9.773E-03	129
2.655E-02	101	Purine ribonucleotide binding	1.535E-02	131
3.637E-02	101	Ribonucleotide binding	1.449E-02	132
4.831E-02	23	Tubulin binding	4.722E-02	28
Activity
3.020E-02	246	Catalytic activity	1.903E-02	325
9.752E-04	19	Catalytic activity. Acting on DNA	1.142E-04	24
2.636E-02	10	Exonuclease activity