Supporting Information Table S7 Major gene ontology (GO) terms with significant enrichment among genes with evidence of positive selection compared to all genes covered in this whole-genome resequencing effort. Significantly enriched GO term in genes with signal of positive selection P. alba P. tremula GO ID # genes # Pos. sel. genes # genes # Pos. sel. genes (a) Molecular function GO:0000155 phosphorelay sensor kinase activity 17 9* 16 7 GO:0000166 nucleotide binding 2515 955*** 2375 961* GO:0004097 catechol oxidase activity 5 4* 5 1 GO:0004435 phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C activity 6 2 5 4* GO:0004672 protein kinase activity 1131 475*** 1091 486*** GO:0004674 protein serine/threonine kinase activity 58 32*** 56 32*** GO:0004842 ubiquitin-protein transferase activity 77 30 78 36** GO:0004888 transmembrane signaling receptor activity 77 42*** 76 40** GO:0005216 ion channel activity 54 18 48 25** GO:0005515 protein binding 2598 919*** 2431 943*** GO:0005516 calmodulin binding 20 12** 19 10 GO:0005524 ATP binding 2067 827*** 1970 836*** GO:0008026 ATP-dependent helicase activity 114 37 103 45* GO:0008762 UDP-N-acetylmuramate dehydrogenase activity 51 20 50 28*** GO:0010333 terpene synthase activity 16 11** 17 9 GO:0015662 "ATPase activity, coupled to transmembrane movement of ions, phosphorylative mechanism" 26 14* 24 10 GO:0016758 "transferase activity, transferring hexosyl groups" 361 118* 352 128** GO:0016887 ATPase activity 336 118* 313 121* GO:0031625 ubiquitin protein ligase binding 9 4 6 5* GO:0035091 phosphatidylinositol binding 10 7* 9 5 GO:0042802 identical protein binding 54 24* 55 19 GO:0043531 ADP binding 192 98*** 187 96*** GO:0046872 metal ion binding 1243 393* 1170 375 GO:0050660 flavin adenine dinucleotide binding 139 46 135 56* GO:0050664 "oxidoreductase activity, acting on NAD(P)H, oxygen as acceptor" 10 4 9 6* GO:2001070 starch binding 8 5 9 6* (b) Cellular component GO:0000145 exocyst 29 13* 31 14* GO:0000151 ubiquitin ligase complex 85 34* 83 40** GO:0016020 membrane 1865 538* 1735 539** GO:0016459 myosin complex 15 8* 13 7 GO:0030288 outer membrane-bounded periplasmic space 20 10* 18 8 GO:0031224 intrinsic component of membrane 763 229*** 729 232*** GO:0031461 cullin-RING ubiquitin ligase complex 9 4 6 5** "#genes, tolt number of annotated genes; # Pos. Sel. Genes, number of genes with evidence of outlier status for positive selection as identified by alpha tests. Molecular function (a) and Cellular component (b) of genes with significantly enriched GO terms. Significance levels for Fisher’s exact test are abbreviated ***P<0.001; **P <0.01; * P<0.05."