Table 3

Detection (or rejection) of differentially expressed genes using various P-value correction methods.

Fold-change > 2

P < 0.05

Reverse Holm Procedure

Holm-Bonferroni


No of ...

P < 0.05

P < 0.01

Significant genes

27

33

10

5

0

Differentially expressed genes detected1

7

7

7

5

0

Differentially expressed genes rejected1

0

0

0

2

7


Notes 1. Altered expression of a gene was established using RT-PCR.

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