Research Article
Transcriptome Comparison Reveals Distinct Selection Patterns in Domesticated and Wild Agave Species, the Important CAM Plants
Table 2
Characterization of significant selection unigenes.
| Classification | Significant selection unigenes | Total | In A. sisalana | In A. tequilana | In both |
| Cell growth/division | 78 | 30 | 37 | 11 | Cell structure | 37 | 12 | 22 | 3 | Disease/defense | 62 | 25 | 22 | 15 | Energy | 26 | 5 | 18 | 3 | Intracellular traffic | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Primary metabolism | 94 | 27 | 55 | 12 | Protein destination and storage | 102 | 27 | 56 | 19 | Protein synthesis | 28 | 7 | 16 | 5 | Secondary metabolism | 56 | 16 | 33 | 7 | Signal transduction | 127 | 40 | 64 | 23 | Transcription | 82 | 26 | 40 | 16 | Transcription factor | 77 | 28 | 37 | 12 | Transporter | 56 | 17 | 31 | 8 | Transposon | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | Unclassified | 277 | 72 | 161 | 44 | Total | 1117 | 337 | 599 | 181 |
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