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Table 2 The ratio of gene expression changes that have occurred in the human lineage to those that have occurred in the chimpanzee lineage (LH/LC)

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

Testing methods

Tissues

Significance level (α)

  

0.05

0.02

0.01

0.001

Standard t-test

Brain

3.13

3.22

2.88

2.76

 

Liver

1.00

1.01

1.02

1.03

 

Fibroblast

1.69

1.74

1.73

1.72

Regularised t-test

Brain

2.76

2.88

2.93

2.96

 

Liver

1.00

1.05

1.04

1.12

 

Fibroblast

1.03

1.10

1.13

1.26

Bootstrap

Brain

3.14

3.27

3.20

4.11

 

Liver

0.99

1.06

1.07

1.20