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Table 1 The number of differentially expressed genes identified at different q-value and fold change cutoffs

From: Post-weaning blood transcriptomic differences between Yorkshire pigs divergently selected for residual feed intake

Cutoff of q-value

Cutoff of fold change

│log2(FC)│ > 0 a

│log2(FC)│ ≥ log2 1.5

│log2(FC)│ ≥ 1

q ≤ 0.05

454

140

50

q ≤ 0.1

1185

266

80

q ≤ 0.15

1972

344

93

  1. aFC, fold change calculated as the ratio of mean gene expression in the low RFI group to mean gene expression in the high RFI group after accounting for the other relevant variables (see Methods)
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BMC Genomics

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