Model comparison and characterization of the dispersion patter of probe and differential expression within probe under Model AT.

(a)Deviance information criterion.(b)Differentially expressed genes after Bonferroni [29]-like correction (α = 0.05). The adjusted significance threshold for posterior probabilities was calculated as α/π, were π was the number of probes included in each analysis.Random effects g and d(g) were assumed as symmetric Gaussian(c), symmetric Student’s t(d) or asymmetric Student’s t(e) distributed following Sahu et al. [18].(f)Degrees of freedom (v) and asymmetry parameter () for probe (p) and differential expression within probe (d) effects.