Chenxin Flora Jiang, Changhu Wang, Jingyi Jessica Li
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Differential expression has long been the default lens for comparing transcriptomes between conditions, but mean shifts alone can miss important biological signals. Using a recent debate on memory-associated transcriptome changes, this commentary highlights differential variability as an underappreciated axis for interpreting transcriptome variation.
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