Research Article

Comparison of Merging and Meta-Analysis as Alternative Approaches for Integrative Gene Expression Analysis

Figure 1

Schematic overview of the two main approaches of integrative microarray analysis in the context of the identification of differential genes (DEGs). (a) Meta-analysis first derives results from each individual study and then combines the results. (b) Merging first combines the data and then derives a result from this large data set.
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