\HeaderA{giaever}{Yeast Gene-Knockout Fitness Data}{giaever}
\keyword{datasets}{giaever}
\begin{Description}\relax
This data set contains fitness deficiency scores from gene knockout experiments involving yeast grown under a variety of altered environments (e.g. acid, heat, sorbitol, etc.)
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}data(giaever)\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Format}\relax
A matrix whose rows are the 5922 genes knocked out and whose columns are the 32 experimental conditions.
\end{Format}
\begin{Source}\relax
\url{http://gobi.lbl.gov/YeastFitnessData}
\end{Source}
\begin{References}\relax
Giaever, G. et al. 2002 ``Functional profiling of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome.'' Nature \bold{418}, 387--391.
\end{References}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
data(giaever)

## Find the 3000 most variable genes, according to sd/mean:

varMeas<-function(vec,na.rm=TRUE){
sd(vec,na.rm)/mean(vec,na.rm)}
variability<-apply(giaever,1,varMeas)

rks<-rank(variability)

giaever3000<-giaever[rks>length(rownames(giaever))-3000,]
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

