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Table 6 List of ontology terms that were significantly over- and underrepresented in the set of genes located in 1-Mb windows that were identified for at least one temperature-humidity index category comparison

From: Genome-wide association of changes in swine feeding behaviour due to heat stress

Ontology term

Gene set

Annotated genesa (n = 21,324)

Genesb (n = 254)

Number of genes expected

Over (+) or under (−) represented

p value

Biological process

 Positive regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation of STAT protein

36

10

0.43

+

2.37E−07

 Natural killer cell activation involved in immune response

37

10

0.45

+

3.08E−07

 Regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation of STAT protein perception

38

10

0.46

+

3.98E−07

 B cell proliferation

48

10

0.58

+

3.70E−06

 Natural killer cell activation

50

10

0.60

+

5.45E−06

 Response to exogenous dsRNA

51

10

0.61

+

6.58E−06

 T cell activation involved in immune response

56

10

0.67

+

1.59E−05

 Mononuclear cell proliferation

73

11

0.88

+

1.44E−05

 Lymphocyte proliferation

73

11

0.88

+

1.44E−05

 Leukocyte proliferation

77

11

0.93

+

2.49E−05

 Response to dsRNA

72

10

0.87

+

1.66E−04

 Positive regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation

88

11

1.06

+

9.63E−05

 Defense response to virus

110

13

1.33

+

9.08E−06

 Lymphocyte activation involved in immune response

88

10

1.06

+

1.04E−03

 B cell differentiation

89

10

1.07

+

1.16E−03

 Regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation

112

12

1.35

+

1.14E−04

 Humoral immune response

96

10

1.16

+

2.29E−03

 Leukocyte activation involved in immune response

111

12

1.34

+

8.36E−03

 Cell activation involved in immune response

113

10

1.36

+

9.79E−03

 Adaptive immune response

137

12

1.65

+

9.80E−04

 T cell activation

161

14

1.94

+

9.81E−05

 B cell activation

117

10

1.41

+

1.33E−02

 Response to virus

158

13

1.90

+

6.05E−04

 Regulation of STAT cascade

125

10

1.51

+

2.37E−02

 Regulation of JAK-STAT cascade

125

10

1.51

+

2.37E−02

 Lymphocyte differentiation

171

12

2.06

+

9.79E−03

 Lymphocyte activation

241

15

2.90

+

2.17E−03

 Leukocyte differentiation

230

14

2.77

+

6.96E−03

 Cell proliferation

322

19

3.88

+

1.33E−04

 Immune effector process

257

15

3.10

+

4.81E−03

 Response to organic cyclic compound

377

20

4.54

+

3.13E−04

 Defense response to other organism

264

14

3.18

+

3.34E−02

 Leukocyte activation

284

15

3.42

+

1.62E−02

 Cell activation

357

18

4.30

+

3.08E−03

 Response to nitrogen compound

471

21

5.68

+

2.47E−03

 Response to organic substance

1460

43

17.60

+

3.57E−04

 Cell differentiation

2021

49

24.36

+

1.22E−02

 Cellular developmental process

2077

49

25.03

+

2.59E−02

 Developmental process

3175

67

38.27

+

1.45E−02

 Sensory perception

1326

1

15.98

7.80E−03

Molecular function

 Type I interferon receptor binding

32

10

0.39

+

2.61E−08

 Glutathione transferase activity

27

5

0.33

+

4.88E−02

 Cytokine activity

177

17

2.13

+

2.12E−07

 Cytokine receptor binding

218

15

2.63

+

2.12E−04

 Receptor binding

1030

33

12.41

+

8.36E−04

 G-protein coupled receptor activity

1445

3

17.42

4.06E−02

Cellular component

 Cytoplasm

7080

118

85.33

+

1.70E−02

  1. aNumber of genes in the Sus scrofa 10.2 annotation set with given GO term. Total number of annotated genes in the Sus scrofa 10.2 annotation is in parentheses
  2. bNumber of genes with given GO term located in genomic regions explaining at least 1% of genomic variance for one of more THI comparison GWAS. Total number of annotated genes residing in the selected regions is in parentheses