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Table 1 The number of differentially expressed (DE) and equivalently expressed (EE) genes in a GO category

From: Empirical Bayes estimation of posterior probabilities of enrichment: A comparative study of five estimators of the local false discovery rate

 

DE genes

EE gene

Total

In GO category

x 1

x 2

x1+x2

Not in GO category

n − x1

N − n − x2

N − x1 − x2

Total

n

N − n

N

  1. Here, x i (i=1,2) is the number of DE (i=1) or EE genes (i=2) in the GO category; n is the total number of DE genes; N is the total number of reference genes.