Sex-specific expression of alternative transcripts in Drosophila

Table 6 Microarray design

	Total number of probes	Total number of genes	Probes detected	Genes detected
Singletons 1 probe	12,912*	12,912	8,265	8,265
Singletons >1 probe	82	37	45	27
Gene families	566	177	436	162
Alternative transcripts	7,207	2,768	5,128	2,479
Negative controls	503	5	-	-
Agilent controls	1304	-	-	-
Total	22,574	15,894	13,874	10,933

The total number of probes and genes in each of the main categories, as well as the number of probes and genes detected in our experiment, are shown. *One singleton probe (of the same sequence) was printed in two duplicate spots.

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