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Table 3 Frequency of the thirteen different abundance patterns that were consistently observed in the datasets

From: Metabolomic insights into system-wide coordination of vertebrate metamorphosis

 

Corresponding graph in Figure2

Number of metabolites (% of total)

Pattern

 

Tot+

Tot-

Aqu+

Aqu-

Monotonic ↑

A

9(0.4)

4(0.3)

3(0.4)

7(1.7)

Monotonic ↓

B

22(1.0)

33(2.6)

16(2.3)

6(1.4)

↑ at froglet

C

79(3.7)

66(5.1)

5(0.7)

7(1.7)

↓ at froglet

D

438(20.6)

286(22.2)

86(12.4)

125(29.8)

↓ after premetamorphosis

E

39(1.8)

16(1.2)

15(2.2)

3(0.7)

↑ after premetamorphosis

F

125(5.9)

17(1.3)

6(0.9)

8(1.9)

↑ at metamorphic climax then return to a basal level

G

293(13.8)

170(13.2)

30(4.3)

41(9.8)

↓ at metamorphic climax then return to a basal level

H

155(7.3)

107(8.3)

16(2.3)

2(0.5)

↑ at metamorphic climax then ↓ at froglet

I

233(10.9)

159(12.4)

7(1.0)

9(2.1)

↓ at metamorphic climax then ↑ at froglet

J

90(4.2)

44(3.4)

5(0.7)

1(0.2)

↑ or ↓ at metamorphic climax then constant

K

31(1.5)

17(1.3)

4(0.6)

5(1.2)

Step-wise ↑ or ↓

L

71(3.3)

43(3.3)

4(0.6)

3(0.7)

Unclassified

 

544(25.6)

324(25.2)

496(71.6)

203(48.3)

Total

 

2129

1286

693

420

Unequal variationa

M

94(4.4)

36(2.8)

0(0)

4(1)

  1. aUnequal variation was detected by Levene’s test (padj < 0.01). Therefore the abundance patterns in this group include patterns from A to L.