Table 1

Details of transcript profile datasets compared in this study

Organism

Genotypes compared

Sex

Age at sampling

Number of arrays per genotype

Reference

C. elegans

daf-2 vs daf-16; daf-2*

Hermaphrodite

1 day^†

10

[24]

D. melanogaster

chico¹/+ vs +/+

Female

7 days

5

This study

M. musculus

Prop-1^df/df vs +/+

Male

3 months

3

[26]

M. musculus

Ghrhr^lit/lit vs +/+

Male

3 months

3

[26]

* Data from five comparisons using either daf-2(m577) or daf-2(e1370) were pooled, giving a total of ten comparisons. daf-16 allele used: mgDf50. All strains also contained the temperature-sensitive sterile mutation glp-4(bn2). ^†Days of adulthood.

McElwee et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R132   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-7-r132