Genome-wide transcriptomic and phylogenetic analyses reveal distinct aluminum-tolerance mechanisms in the aluminum-accumulating species buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum)

Table 2 Gene ontology enrichment analysis of upregulated genes in root tips and basal roots exposed to Al stress

	No. of genes in the whole transcriptome	Root tip region		Basal root region
	No. of genes in the whole transcriptome	No. of upregulated genes	FDR	No. of upregulated genes	FDR
Response to stimulus	1772 (8110)	165 (484)	3.20E-09	193 (526)	1.67E-14
Antioxidant activity	98 (8110)	19 (484)	2.77E-05	67 (526)	5.96E-07
Extracellular	528 (8110)	57 (484)	6.03E-05	18 (526)	2.57E-04
Cell death	74 (8110)	14 (484)	3.45E-04	13 (526)	3.42E-03

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