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S. File, Welch's t-test results on the comparison of the Fig

S. File, Welch's t-test results on the comparison of the Fig. 9 CC similarity boxes

S. File, How To guide to compute a BP similarity threshold

S. File, Two figures and two tables presenting the results of the particularity threshold compu- tation

S. File, Welch's t-test results on the comparison of the Fig

S. File, Two tables presenting the results of SV-based BP and MF similarity and particularity measured between orthologs and paralogs of the PPAR family