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. 2017 Jan 5;12(1):e0169605. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169605

Table 5. Comparison of proposed and existing approach in terms of predicted hub genes.

Existing Approach Proposed Approach
Data sets # HG % HG p value < 1E-5 p value < 1E-10
# HG % HG # HG % HG
Salinity stress in rice
Rice (Salinity stress) 214 38.49 187 33.63 165 29.66
Rice (Control) 229 41.19 208 37.41 180 32.36
Al stress in soybean
Soybean (Al stress) 383 39.05 331 33.74 228 23.24
Soybean (Control) 362 36.91 285 29.05 187 19.14
Cold stress in rice
Rice (Cold stress) 301 46.3 265 40.7 234 36
Rice (Control) 242 37.23 208 32 162 24.09

# HG: Number of hub genes;

% HG: Percentage of hub genes in the gene co-expression network;

Two thresholds for p value are taken as 1E-5 and 1E-10