Table 2.
Parameter Estimates for the Number of Loci Controlling Gene Expression and their Sources..
| Data Source | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Caenorhabditis elegans | Drosophila melanogaster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eQTL | No. of genes analyzed | 3,412 | 930 | 563 |
| Median n | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Interquartile range | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
| Ref. | Smith and Kruglyak (2008) | Vinuela et al. (2010) | Ruden et al. (2009) | |
| KO1 | No. of mutants analyzed | 211 | — | — |
| Median n | 48 | — | — | |
| Interquartile range | 24–96 | — | — | |
| Ref. | Hughes et al. (2000) | — | — | |
| KO2 | No. of mutants analyzed | 754 | — | — |
| Median n | 169 | — | — | |
| Ref. | Ho and Zhang (2014) | — | — |