Microarrays -- why do they have low reproducibility

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Oct 7, 2018

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Why do microarrays have low reproducibility compared to SAGE?

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Here's a reference comparison of SAGE vs Microarrays:

https://www.news-medical.net/life-s...e-Expression-and-DNA-Microarray-Compared.aspx

Basically the microarray can't detect unknown genes whereas SAGE can. However SAGE is slower.

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