Table 2

Significant genes/ESTs/probes called by methods used in the studies using different criteria (combination of significance level and fold changes)

Data set

Reference

P <= 0.001 and the estimated fold change >=2

P <= 0.001 only

P <= 0.01 only

A

Smith et al. 2003

183

1783

3590

B

Lapointe et al. 2004

609

6549

10153

C

Chen et al 2002

1253

4187

6197

D

Pritchard et al. 2001

479

1557

1845

E

Zhao et al. 2004

270

1050

3821

F

NA

16

145

723

G

Callow et al. 2000

6

11

77

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