Effective Figures and Tables
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The next example is a diagram of the effect of budesonide on methylation of the Igf-II gene. Note the following:
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This figure summarizes a lot of data.
▪ The gene map shows the reader the section of the gene studied.
▪ The numbers across the top indicate the cytosines studied. The open circles indicate unmethylated cytosines, and the filled circles indicate methylated cytosines. The numbers to the left of each row are the identification numbers of the animals studied. ▪ The figure legend explains all of this; there is no good way to indicate it on the figure itself. ▪ The pattern is the important thing: the many filled circles in the top section indicate lots of methylation in normal lung samples, the few filled circles in the middle sections indicate little methylation, and the many filled circles in the bottom section indicate remethylation in the treated samples. It is easy to see this pattern.
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