3.3 | Gene ontology enrichment
BLAST search resulted in only six loci being associated with known genes
in 2014 and 24 in 2015 (Supplementary materials, Table 2). The
broad-scale biological processes associated with the gene ontology (GO)
enrichment are listed in (Supplementary materials, Table 3), while
detailed information and fine-scale biological processes associated with
the gene subsets may be found in the supplementary materials. The
majority of genes were associated with developmental processes: 4 out 5
in 2014 and 108 out of 168 in 2015 (Supplementary materials, Table 3).
Intracellular processes were associated with all environmental gradients
in both years (see supplementary materials). Various developmental
processes were mostly associated with collection date, chlorophyll-a
concentration, latitude, water temperature, as well as tissue lipid
percentage. Growth associated processes were mostly associated with
chlorophyll-a concentration, collection date, collection latitude, water
temperature and tissue lipid percent, but not condition index. Metabolic
related processes were associated with condition index, latitude, and
temperature. Fatty acid and lipid metabolism processes were only
associated with a temperature gradient.