Table 3 GSEA analyses of both aphid species (Mp= M. persicae and Ap= A. pisum) displaying all KEGG pathways that were significantly enriched in bacteriocytes compared to body for both species.

From: Comparative transcriptomics of aphid species that diverged > 22 MYA reveals genes that are important for the maintenance of their symbiosis

KEGG pathway significantly enriched in bacteriocyte

Mp NES1

Ap NES1

Positively enriched

  

 Ribosome

1.941

2.842

 Mismatch repair

1.922

1.861

 Glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism

1.755

1.607

 DNA replication

1.738

2.151

 Cysteine and methionine metabolism

1.688

1.348

 Proteasome

1.649

2.060

 Nucleotide excision repair

1.556

1.759

Negatively enriched

 Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction

− 1.880

− 1.593

 Cell adhesion molecules

− 1.700

− 1.523

  1. 1NES normalized enrichment score; Significance = the normalized p ≤ 0.05 and FDR q ≤ 0.25.
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