Figure 5. The Consolidated Causal Network.

The genes are depicted as nodes of causal network. The hypotheses genes are distinctly colored as ‘red’ or ‘blue’ representing their over- or under-expression respectively, observed in study dataset. Relationships are depicted as edge or arrow in causal network. The solid arrow represents ‘activation’ relationship between connected nodes, whereas dashed arrow represents ‘inhibition’ relationship between the connected nodes. The node which has been identified as hypothesis gene, and also downstream gene for some other hypothesis, has been marked with an extra peripheral surrounding.