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  • Under the Visualization section in the Gene Expression workflow, select Cluster Based on Significant Genes (Figure 1)

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SubtitleTextSelect cluster based on significant genes from the Visualization panel of the Gene Expression workflow
AnchorNameSelecting Clustering

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  • The Cluster Significant Genes dialog asks you to specify the type of clustering you want to perform. Select Hierarchical Clustering and select OK
  • Choose the Down_Syndrome_vs_Normal (A)  spreadsheet under the Spreadsheet with differentially expressed genes 
  • Choose the Standardize – shift genes to mean of zero and scale to standard deviation of one under the Expression normalization panel. This option will adjust all the gene intensities such that the mean is zero and the standard deviation is 1
  • Select OK to generate a Hierarchical Clustering tab (Figure 2)

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SubtitleTextHierarchical Clustering of Down_Syndrome_vs_Normal (A)
AnchorNameHierarchical Clustering

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The graph (Figure 2) illustrates the standardized gene expression level of each gene in each sample. Each gene is represented in one column, and each sample is represented in one row. Genes with no difference in expression have a value of zero and are colored black. Genes with increased expression in Down syndrome samples have positive values and are colored red. Genes with reduced expression in Down syndrome samples have negative values and are colored green. Down syndrome samples are colored red and normal samples are colored orange. On the left-hand side of the graph, we can see that the Down syndrome samples cluster together.

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SubtitleTextInserting an annotation
AnchorNameAdding Annotation to Gene List

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SubtitleTextAdding Chromosomal Location annotation
AnchorNameAdd Rows/Columns to Spreadsheet

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Interestingly, of the 23 genes of the Down_Syndrome_vs_Normal (A) spreadsheet, 20 genes are located on chromosome 21. This suggests that the gene expression changes associated with Down syndrome observed in this study are primarily located on chromosome 21, not distributed throughout the genome, an important finding of this study. 

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