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Microarrays are microscopic plates with carefully arranged short DNA
strands and/or chemically prepared surfaces to which other DNA
preferably binds. The amount of DNA binding at different locations of
these chips, typically determined by a fluorescent dye, is to be
interpreted. The technology is typically used with DNA that is derived
from RNA, i.e to determine the activity of a gene and/or its splice
variants. But the technology is also used to determine sequence
variations in genomic DNA.
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This Bioconductor package supports the analysis of gene expression
microarray data, especially the use of linear models for analysing
designed experiments and the assessment of differential expression. The
package includes pre-processing capabilities for two-colour spotted
arrays. The differential expression methods apply to all array platforms
and treat Affymetrix, single channel and two channel experiments in a
unified way.