Table 4.

Rank of genes of interest: control versus dtri6

		SAM		MSAM1		MSAM2
Gene	${\overline{x}}_i-{\overline{y}}_i$	${\tilde{d}}_i$	rank	${\tilde{d}}_i$	rank	${\tilde{d}}_i$	rank
fgd457-670_at	−4.82	−25.45	1	−19.78	1	−8.62	3
fgd159-550_at	−5.13	−24.58	2	−19.20	2	−9.27	2
fgd159-600_at	−5.38	−18.24	6	−14.10	6	−8.12	4
fg03534_s_at	−4.48	−14.70	7	−10.29	7	−5.64	7
fg03540_s_at	−3.34	−13.56	8	−9.97	9	−5.02	14
fgd321-60_at	−3.71	−13.26	9	−9.50	10	−5.28	10
fg03539_at	−3.80	−13.21	10	−10.07	8	−5.19	12
fgd159-500_at	−3.66	−12.49	11	−9.01	11	−5.39	9
fgd159-520_at	−5.08	−11.60	12	−8.70	12	−5.62	8
fgd159-540_at	−4.06	−10.73	18	−8.59	13	−5.03	13
fgd4-170_at	−4.98	−9.22	26	−7.58	21	−5.21	11
Rank sum			110		100		93

Note: the best performance in terms of rank sum is shown in bold type