Table 1 Results of pathway enrichment of differentially expressed genes within and between state comparisons in the hypothalamus.

From: Photoperiodically driven transcriptome-wide changes in the hypothalamus reveal transcriptional differences between physiologically contrasting seasonal life-history states in migratory songbirds

Category

Pathway#

Pathway description

Differentially expressed genes

Padj

Bias group

A. Hypothalamus: within state comparison (Photosensitive: hour 10 vs. hour 14)

KEGG

fab00190

Oxidative phosphorylation

3

0.0002

Hour 10

KEGG

fab01100

Metabolic pathways

4

0.0102

Hour 10

KEGG

fab04145

Phagosome

2

0.0102

KEGG

fab04150

mTOR signaling pathway

2

0.0102

(Photosensitive: hour 10 vs. hour 18)

KEGG

fab01200

Carbon metabolism

2

0.006

Hour 18

KEGG

fab01100

Metabolic pathways

3

0.019

Hour 18

(Photorefractory: hour 10 vs. hour 14)

KEGG

fab03013

RNA transport

2

0.009

(Photorefractory: hour 10 vs. hour 18)

KEGG

fab00010

Glycolysis/Gluconeogenesis

3

0.002

Hour 18

KEGG

fab01100

Metabolic pathways

8

0.002

Hour 18

KEGG

fab01230

Biosynthesis of amino acids

2

0.044

KEGG

fab03018

RNA degradation

2

0.044

(Photorefractory: hour 10 vs. hour 22)

KEGG

fab01200

Carbon metabolism

4

0.001

KEGG

fab01230

Biosynthesis of amino acids

3

0.003

Hour 22

KEGG

fab00030

Pentose phosphate pathway

2

0.011

Hour 22

KEGG

fab00051

Fructose and mannose metabolism

2

0.014

Hour 22

KEGG

fab00010

Glycolysis/Gluconeogenesis

2

0.024

Hour 22

KEGG

fab01100

Metabolic pathways

7

0.024

Hour 10

B. Hypothalamus: Between state comparisons (hour 10: photosensitive vs. photorefractory)

KEGG

fab00280

Valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation

2

0.009

Photosensitive

KEGG

fab01100

Metabolic pathways

4

0.027

Photosensitive

KEGG

fab04145

Phagosome

2

0.027

Photosensitive

(hour 22: photosensitive vs. photorefractory)

UniProt

KW-0689

Ribosome

2

0.021

Photosensitive

  1. The column on ‘bias group’ indicates the category with a higher number of upregulated genes.
  2. The blanks (-) in ‘bias group’ column indicate that the number of up- and downregulated genes in that pathway were equal.