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In setting a precise cutoff for pathway inclusion in the final network models, one seeks to strike a balance between the inclusion of false-positives and the omission of true-positives.
Occasionally, multiple positives in a single plate (plate, row, column) resulted in non-unique positives (these also generated false-positives).
If (as we report) HA is found to have 5 neutral drift variants, then we would expect a maximum of 2.3 false-positives.
Which cutoff to use depends on the objective of the experiment: If one needs to make sure that the 'present' or 'absent' call for a particular gene is correct, a cut-off with high Sp should be chosen, whereas if one is willing to accept false-positives where signals are low, high Se will be the driving force.