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Table 1 Experimental differences in original circadian microarray analyses

From: Global transcriptome analysis reveals circadian regulation of key pathways in plant growth and development

Publication

% Circadian

Number of time points

Light intensity (μmol/m2 per second)

Microarray platform

Technical replicates

Low-level analysis

Circadian detection algorithm

Presence cut-off

Harmer and coworkers [4]

5.5

12

60

Affymetrix Arabidopsis Genome

2

Affymetrix MAS 4.0

CORRCOS

None

Edwards and coworkers [6]

15.4

13

60 to 65

Affymetrix Arabidopsis ATH1

N/A

GC-RMA

COSOPT (less stringent)

None

Covington and Harmer [7]

10.4

12

120

Affymetrix Arabidopsis ATH1

N/A

dChip

COSOPT (more stringent)

Genes present in ≥ 4 of 12 samples