Table 1

Percentage of genes identified as differentially expressed, as defined by different p values.

A. Human differentially expressed genes

No. of tissues expressing the gene
5.00E-02
5.00E-03
5.00E-04
5.00E-05
1.00E-06

1
35.76%
41.77%
53.27%
63.02%
62.22%
2
15.19%
20.21%
22.66%
18.73%
20.77%
3
9.65%
12.11%
9.82%
7.66%
6.98%
4
8.69%
10.33%
7.05%
5.56%
5.23%
5
4.97%
5.32%
3.17%
2.21%
2.04%
>5
25.75%
10.27%
4.04%
2.82%
2.75%

B. Mouse differentially expressed genes

No. of tissues expressing the gene
5.00E-02
5.00E-03
5.00E-04
5.00E-05
1.00E-06
1
27.49%
29.72%
39.33%
47.28%
54.58%
2
8.57%
16.48%
20.04%
21.17%
19.94%
3
10.84%
10.73%
12.97%
12.12%
11.34%
4
7.23%
9.03%
9.52%
7.69%
5.98%
5
4.57%
7.73%
6.21%
4.43%
3.36%
>5
41.29%
26.32%
11.93%
7.32%
4.79%

Pao et al. BMC Genomics 2006 7:86   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-7-86