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. 2001 Apr;67(4):1935–1939. doi: 10.1128/AEM.67.4.1935-1939.2001

TABLE 2.

Example of truncation procedure used to determine smallest observable peak for each sample in a data set

Sample Total area (area units) Ratio of total peak areas Threshold value (area units)
Smallest 200,000 1:1 580a
Big 400,000 2:1 1,160
Bigger 2,000,000 10:1 5,800
a

Minimum detectable peak area with Genescan software.