Convergent relaxation of molecular constraint in herbivores reveals the changing role of liver and kidney functions across mammalian diets

Table 2.

Tissues that are significantly enriched for genes associated with the change in carnivory score

Tissue Enrichment statistic Parametric P-value Parametric Q-value Permulation P-value Permulation Q-value
Tibial artery 0.111 2.64 × 10−4 0.002 6.30 × 10−4 0.032
Liver −0.158 1.28 × 10−19 6.38 × 10−18 0.002 0.037
Kidney cortex −0.146 7.42 × 10−7 1.24 × 10−5 0.002 0.037
  • Permulation P-values represent the proportion of 100,000 permulations that produced a stronger enrichment test statistic than the observed value for each gene set. Multiple hypothesis testing corrections were performed by generating Q-values using Storey's correction method (Storey et al. 2020) (FDR = 0.05). A negative enrichment statistic signifies the following pattern: the greater the decrease in carnivory, the higher the rate of evolution of the gene.

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