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Detecting differentially expressed genes of heterogeneous and positively skewed data using half Johnson’s modified t-test

I-Shiang TzengInstitute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Li-Shya ChenDepartment of Statistics, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Shy‐Shin ChangDepartment of Family Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yung-ling Leo LeeGraduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Jurg BahlerUniversity College London, UK
(Reviewing Editor)
Article: 1220066 | Received 13 May 2016, Accepted 22 Jul 2016, Published online: 31 Aug 2016

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