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Table 1

Major transcripts tend to be predominantly expressed.

Expressed genes

Genes with a dominant major transcript

Two-fold dominance

Five-fold dominance


1 FPKM

10,410

56.42%

8,179

78.51%

5,864

56.22%

5 FPKM

4,671

25.32%

3,898

83.64%

3,077

66.27%

10 FPKM

2,486

13.47%

2,146

86.54%

1,794

72.60%


Average number of genes with dominant major transcripts detected in the primary tissues dataset. Different dominance ratios and gene expression thresholds were considered in the quantification.

Gonzàlez-Porta et al. Genome Biology 2013 14:R70   doi:10.1186/gb-2013-14-7-r70

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