Patent Document ID: 20130017968
Application ID: 13516195
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for comparing gene expression, comprising: isolating a plurality of single cells in a first cell population and a plurality of single cells in a second cell population; choosing at least two individual genes to analyze an expression of the genes within the single cells of each of the first cell population and second cell population; for each of the gene expressions of the first and second cell populations, determining a transcriptional identity of a single cell of the plurality of single cells based on individual gene expression of the at least two genes within the single cell; for each of the first and second cell populations, using the transcriptional identity of each of the single cells to determine a heterogeneity profile; and using a logic circuit to perform statistical analysis to compare the heterogeneity profile of the first cell population to the heterogeneity profile of the second cell population, the comparison determining the similarity between the first and second cell populations.