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Table 1 Analysis of internal consistency of data in [17] used to estimate n from chimera with p = 0.21. χ2 of observed vs expected fractions f A , f B and f Mix were calculated taking either observed f A ( f A o b ) or observed f B ( f B o b ) as the reference values.

From: How oligoclonal are germinal centers? A new method for estimating clonal diversity from immunohistological sections

 

n A = log ( 1 - p ) ( f A o b )

 

n B = log p ( f B o b )

  

(%)

   

(%)

 
 

Observed

 

Expecteda

 

Observed

 

Expectedb

f A

14

 

-

 

14

 

65.4

f B

6

 

2:2 × 10−4

 

6

 

-

f Mix

80

 

86.0

 

80

 

28.6

X 2

 

161996c

   

132.6c

 
  1. aExpected f B was calculated as p n A .
  2. bExpected f A was calculated as ( 1 - p ) n B .
  3. cχ2(prob.: 0.001; df: 1) = 10.827.