Table 1 Number of Genes Tested and asQTLs Discovered at FDR = 1% in Each Population and by Each Method Population Number of Genes: Altrans asQTLs Altrans Number of Genes: Cufflinks asQTLs Cufflinks Overlap Overlap p Value EUR 7,443 1,427 7,148 1,737 780 1.3 × 10−4 YRI 7,720 166 7,391 304 76 1.2 × 10−4 The overlap column lists the common genes between the methods and the p value refers to this overlap arising by chance.