Computational and experimental analysis identifies Arabidopsis genes specifically expressed during early seed development

Table 2 Functional categories of the seed specific genes

Functional category	Whole genome (%)	Subtracted genes (%) (p-value)¹
Amino acid metabolism	0.1	0.0^1.00
Carbohydrate metabolism	2.4	10.2^0.01*
Cell division cycle	2.3	0.0^0.63
Defense	0.9	0.0^1.00
Development	6.0	8.2^0.54
Lipid metabolism	0.9	0.0^1.00
Metabolism	6.4	0.0^0.07
Nucleic acid metabolism	3.1	0.0^0.41
Nutrient reservoir	0.2	20.4^0.00*
Photosynthesis	0.3	0.0^1.00
Protein processing	9.4	10.2^0.81
Regulation of gene expression	7.4	4.1^0.58
Respiration and energy	4.0	4.1^1.00
Response to abiotic stress	3.1	12.2 ^0.00*
Secondary metabolism	0.7	2.0^0.28
Transport and subcellular trafficking	8.7	0.0^0.02*
Transcription and splicing	6.1	0.0^0.07
Translation	2.7	0.0^0.64
Unknown	38.4	28.6^0.17

1. p-value for the same or a stronger association of Fisher's exact test compared with total genome
^*. p-value < 0.05.

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