Pairwise comparison analysis by all 4 methods with their corresponding selected significance DE genes.

The values reported in the form {x, x, x, x} in this table represent the numbers of downregulated (DR) or upregulated (UR) differentially expressed (DE) genes estimated by the ANOVA, LIMMA, KW and proposed (Bold) methods, respectively. aNote that logμ^iμ^j−1 indicates significant 2-fold downregulation and logμ^iμ^j>+1 indicates significant 2-fold upregulation.Pairwise comparison analysis by all 4 methods with their corresponding selected significance DE genes.