Our identification strategy accounts for "compositional changes" by examining multiple sub-groups.
Furthermore, the CLSI guidelines do not provide clear guidelines on how to proceed when comparing multiple sub-groups.
Strengths of the present study include the utilisation of several population-based samples and several cohort studies displaying consistently significant effects across multiple sub-groups as well as broad replication in multiple case-control studies.
The unusually steep SMA slopes for both squids and acanthomorph fish can probably be explained by the presence of multiple sub-groups (e.g., nocturnal, diurnal) in each group that each have shallower slopes but different intercepts.
Our data are consistent with the notion that these 'red lineage' genes were acquired multiple times independently via LGT from multiple sub-groups within the CR assemblage [ 43, 45, 46].
Visualising the data in this manner suggests that the group results are a valid representation of the inter-subject variability and are not driven by outliers, clustering or multiple sub-groups.
The former is well resolved by tree drawing methods, Structure analysis, and its limited geographical distribution but P. elatius in contrast is present in multiple Sub-Groups, particularly 3.2, but also 3.1, 3.4 and 3.5, and is broadly distributed across the Eastern Mediterranean.
The potential biases inherent in undertaking multiple sub-group analyses are well recognised [ 40].
Thirdly, reliability was assessed as the average difference between just one pool and another, rather than the difference between groups using multiple sub-pools for each group.
Sherpa allows multiple data sets to be loaded and analysied or fit, either individually, in sub groups, or all together.
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