Table 1.

General analysis of gene expression in each experimental group

Group	Oocyte size (μm)	Follicle classificationa	№ of samples	№ of lowly expressed genesb	№ of unique lowly expressed genes	№ of expressed genes	№ of unique expressed genes	№ of unique Top 100 expressed genesc
A	< 60	Secondary	21	5,542	173	11,437	83	4
B	60–69	Secondary	25	5,137	13	11,842	68	0
C	70–79	Transition	23	5,086	5	11,893	51	5
D	80–89	Early antral	24	5,145	3	11,834	48	3
E	90–99	Small antral	21	5,953	99	11,026	0	1
F	100–109	Medium antral	18	5,867	103	11,112	8	6
G	110–119	Large antral	19	5,464	35	11,515	38	9
H	> 120	Ovulatory	14	5,510	67	11,469	76	6
Common	-	-	165	4,365	-	10,320	-	-

^aFollicle classification based on review by [8]

^bLowly expressed genes were identified as genes with zero counts in at least half of the samples for each group

^cTop-100 genes are the highest expressed genes in each group according to mean counts