title: Functional genomics: learning to think about gene expression data.
abstract: Three recent studies of gene expression patterns in whole cells provide examples of the inferences one can make from this type of information. They also provide examples of the non-traditional types of reasoning we will need to use to make such inferences.
mesh_terms: D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic