[BiO BB] please help

[Pete Marchetto]

After consulting with one of our staff biologists, and surveying some  
articles, it seems like this is the case:
Gene Expression Profile:
This is the difference either between two organisms' genomes, or  
between an organism and the averaged experimental norm. In other  
words, it is the entire definition for an individual.
Gene Expression Fingerprint:
This is a subset of the profile that accounts for a particular trait,  
such as markers for a disease.
On average, the profile would be in the thousands of genes, while the  
fingerprint would be in the dozens to hundreds.

Anyone else got a better description?

-Peter Marchetto

On Jun 18, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Pete Marchetto wrote:

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>> Date: June 18, 2008 4:46:07 AM EDT
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>> somebody please tell me the difference between gene expression  
>> profile and gene expression fingerprint..how do we usually get or  
>> derive each of them..?
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>> thanks in advance
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