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Table 1 The number of differentially expressed genes between humans and chimpanzees, detected by different statistical method

From: Further statistical analysis for genome-wide expression evolution in primate brain/liver/fibroblast tissue

Testing methods

Tissues

Significanc e level (α)

  

0.05

0.02

0.01

0.001

Standard t-test

Brain

1,988

1,087

670

131

 

Liver

3,611

2,404

1,725

440

 

Fibroblast

2,865

2,177

1,826

988

Regularised t-test

Brain

2,324

1,675

1,364

754

 

Liver

4,259

3,471

2,991

1,962

 

Fibroblast

3,010

2,314

1,918

1,111

Bootstrap

Brain

1,869

1,317

993

402

 

Liver

3,687

2,818

2,280

1,080

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Human Genomics

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