Figure 2.

Liver-specific gene expression. (a) Thumbnail overview of a hierarchical cluster of 115 normal tissue specimens and 353 variably expressed genes identified using the SAM method (see Materials and methods) as selectively expressed in liver (false discovery rate = 0.12%). Genes are hierarchically clustered, while samples are grouped by tissue type and ordered according to anatomical location/function. Mean-centered gene-expression ratios are depicted by a log₂ pseudocolor scale (indicated); samples are color-coded by tissue type. (b-d) Selected gene-expression clusters (locations indicated by vertical colored bars). Because of space limitations, only named genes (and not expressed sequence tags (ESTs)) are indicated. Tissue-specific genes identified for other tissues are available as Additional data files 3 and 6.