Table 1.
Pathways Analyzed and Percentage Showing Significant Clustering in Unmerged and Merged Data Sets
| Organism | # Pathways analyzed | # Genes | % Significant unmerged data | % Significant merged data | % in random data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. sapiens | 98 | 975 | 78% | 65% | 11% |
| C. elegans | 86 | 516 | 74% | 58% | 11% |
| D. melanogaster | 85 | 484 | 50% | 30% | 12% |
| A. thaliana | 79 | 318 | 60% | 43% | 11% |
| S. cerevisiae | 89 | 682 | 35% | 20% | 10% |
The percent significant refers to pathways in which the score is more than 3* (3rd quartile – median) + median. The same analysis was carried out on randomized pathways where genes were picked randomly from all genes, using the merged data