Table 2 Numbers of probe sets showed either decrease of increase in gene expression comparing within and between the MZ pairs. 2A/2B and 3A/3B are the discordant pair for BMD, and 1A/1B is the concordant pair.
Comparison | Changes | No. of probe (% of total) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Twin | 1B | 2B | 3B | ||
Within pair | Decrease* | 1A | 417 (1.8%) | ||
2A | 90 (0.4%) | ||||
3A | 133 (0.6%) | ||||
Twin | 1B | 2B | 3B | ||
Increase* | 1A | 283 (1.3%) | |||
2A | 45 (0.2%) | ||||
3A | 59 (0.3%) | ||||
Total | Twin | 1B | 2B | 3B | |
1A | 700 (3.1%) | ||||
2A | 135 (0.6%) | ||||
3A | 192 (0.9%) | ||||
Between pair | Twin | 2A | 2B | ||
Total | 1A | 791 (3.6%) | |||
3A | 1251 (5.9%) | ||||
3B | 1150 (5.6%) | 1114 (5.2%) | |||