Table 6

Concentration of controls in dilution pools for expanded range experiments

Pool
Conc. A Dil. 2
Conc. B Dil. 2
Conc. C Dil. 2
Conc. D Dil. 2
Conc. A Dil. 3
Conc. B Dil. 3
Conc. C Dil. 3
Conc. D Dil. 3
Conc. A Dil. 4
Conc. B Dil. 4
Conc. C Dil. 4
Conc. D Dil. 4

Pool 7
250
2
10
50
500
4
20
100
5,000
40
200
1,000
Pool 8
50
250
2
10
100
500
4
20
1,000
5,000
40
200
Pool 9
10
50
250
2
20
100
500
4
200
1,000
5,000
40
Pool 10
2
10
50
250
4
20
100
500
40
200
1,000
5,000

Concentration is given as mass ratios, so that "250" represents 1:250,000 or 1 ng of RNA transcript per 250 ng of background RNA, where the spike amount is adjusted for its length.

Concentrations of the initial stock, "Dilution 1" pools are shown in Table 4.

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