Table 2 Overview of the datasets used during this study

Baron (Mouse)^a

13 (9)

Mouse pancreas

inDrop

[30]

Baron (Human)^a,b

14 (13)

Human pancreas

inDrop

[30]

Muraro^a,b

9 (8)

Human pancreas

CEL-Seq2

[31]

Segerstolpe^a,b

13 (9)

Human pancreas

SMART-Seq2

[32]

Xin^a,b

4 (4)

Human pancreas

SMARTer

[33]

CellBench 10X^a,b

5 (5)

Mixture of five human lung cancer cell lines

10X chromium

[34]

CellBench CEL-Seq2^a,b

5 (5)

Mixture of five human lung cancer cell lines

CEL-Seq2

[34]

TM^a

55 (55)

Whole Mus musculus

SMART-Seq2

[6]

AMB^a

4/22/110 (3/16/92)

Primary mouse visual cortex

SMART-Seq v4

[35]

Zheng sorted^a

10 (10)

FACS-sorted PBMC

10X CHROMIUM

[36]

Zheng 68K^a

11 (11)

PBMC

10X CHROMIUM

[36]

VISp^b (Mouse)

3/36 (3/34)

Primary visual cortex

SMART-Seq v4

[35]

ALM^b (Mouse)

3/37 (3/34)

Anterior lateral motor area

SMART-Seq v4

[35]

MTG^b (Human)

3/35 (3/34)

Middle temporal gyrus

SMART-Seq v4

[37]

PbmcBench pbmc1.10Xv2^b

9 (9)

PBMC

10X version 2

[38]

PbmcBench pbmc1.10Xv3^b

8 (8)

PBMC

10X version 3

[38]

PbmcBench pbmc1.CL^b

7 (7)

PBMC

CEL-Seq2

[38]

PbmcBench pbmc1.DR^b

9 (9)

PBMC

Drop-Seq

[38]

PbmcBench pbmc1.iD^b

7 (7)

PBMC

inDrop

[38]

PbmcBench pbmc1.SM2^b

6 (6)

PBMC

SMART-Seq2

[38]

PbmcBench pbmc1.SW^b

7 (7)

PBMC

Seq-Well

[38]

PbmcBench pbmc2.10Xv2^,b

9 (9)

PBMC

10X version 2

[38]

PbmcBench pbmc2.CL^b

5 (5)

PBMC

CEL-Seq2

[38]

PbmcBench pbmc2.DR^b

6 (6)

PBMC

Drop-Seq

[38]

PbmcBench pbmc2.iD^b

9 (9)

PBMC

inDrop

[38]

PbmcBench pbmc2.SM2^b

6 (6)

PBMC

SMART-Seq2

[38]

PbmcBench pbmc2.SW^b

4 (4)

PBMC

Seq-Well

[38]