Good reading habit #1: Turn absolute numbers into proportions and proportions into absolute numbers.
For example, in reading “With almost 1,000 genes discovered to be differentially expressed between low and high passage cells [in mouse insulinoma cells],” look up the number of mouse genes (25,000) and turn it into a percentage so that you can see that 1,000 genes is 4% of the mouse genome.
Good reading habit #1: Turn absolute numbers into proportions and proportions into absolute numbers.
For example, in reading “With almost 1,000 genes discovered to be differentially expressed between low and high passage cells [in mouse insulinoma cells],” look up the number of mouse genes (25,000) and turn it into a percentage so that you can see that 1,000 genes is 4% of the mouse genome.