Table 1.

Association between gene expression inferred from small RNA data sets and total RNA expression levels

SpeciesTissueR2P
MouseBrain0.517<0.001
MouseCerebellum0.530<0.001
MouseHeart0.692<0.001
MouseKidney0.475<0.001
MouseTestis0.409<0.001
ChickenBrain0.561<0.001
ChickenCerebellum0.448<0.001
ChickenHeart0.713<0.001
ChickenTestis0.292<0.001

[i] R2-values were derived from comparing the expression values for coding genes extracted from small (Meunier et al. 2013) and total (Brawand et al. 2011) RNA libraries (regression test).