Table 1

Training the MAT background model using different sets of probes

Train/Test
Cerebellum
Heart
Liver

Train on background probes, test on background probes R2



     Cerebellum

0.64
0.67
     Heart
0.64

0.65
     Liver
0.66
0.64





Train on full probes, test on background probes R2



     Cerebellum

0.61
0.63
     Heart
0.61

0.63
     Liver
0.64
0.63


MAT background model parameters were estimated from background probes or full probes. After parameters were trained on a given tissue, the model is evaluated on separate tissues by the R2 statistic.

Kapur et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R82   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-5-r82