highly significantP < 2.2 × 10 − 16
Correlations between FPKM-corrected expression levels in same-sex replicate pools were highly significant for both the male ( r 2 = 0.830; Spearman’s ρ = 0.906 ; P < 2.2 × 10 − 16 ) and female ( r 2 = 0.869; Spearman’s ρ = 0.928 ; P < 2.2 × 10 − 16 ) pools.