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Evolution of the human autopod skeleton [Human RNA-seq]

GSE286924 Homo sapiens (human) RNA-seq (gene expression) 480 samples Submitted 2025/08/20 Platform GPL24676Platform GPL15520
At a glance

RNA-seq (gene expression) · human · 480 samples

What it is
RNA-seq (gene expression)Gene activity measured by sequencing. The summary does not mention single-cell work, so this is most likely bulk: one average per sample, the usual starting point for comparing groups.
Organism
Homo sapiens (human)
Samples
480 samples: 340 distinct titles, 40 of them repeatedGroups are read from the sample names, not from the paper. Check the list below.
Data you can get
A processed table (series matrix) and supplementary files from NCBI; the raw sequencing reads from ENA. Which of these hold counts depends on the study, so check the file list.
Paper
Modular genetic architecture underlies human hand and foot evolutionProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
Summary (written by the submitters)
We investigate the genetic architecture of autopod development at the regulatory and transcriptomic level.
Published in
Modular genetic architecture underlies human hand and foot evolution
Okamoto AS, Senevirathne G, Muthuirulan P et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2026 · PMID 42118837 · doi:10.1073/pnas.2603297123
This dataset
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Download · which file do I need?

Direct links to NCBI and ENA, no account and no request form. Pick by what you want to do: take the small processed table to look, the supplementary files to re-analyse, or the original raw data to start over.

1 · Just have a look

Processed table

The series matrix: one table of values per sample as the submitters processed it. The smallest download, and it opens in Excel or R. Start here to see what the data look like.

Series matrix ↓
2 · Re-analyse it

Supplementary files

The count tables and other files the authors uploaded. Take only the samples you need, or the whole study as GSE286924_RAW.tar (it can run to tens of gigabytes).

All supplementary files ↗ Whole study · RAW.tar ↓
3 · Start from the raw reads

Raw sequencing reads

The original FASTQ files, straight from the sequencer, held at ENA. Large, and you align them yourself, so only choose this if you need to re-process the study from scratch.

Raw reads on ENA ↗

What the files usually look like: For RNA-seq the counts are usually a table among the supplementary files (look for 'counts', 'expression', 'FPKM' or 'TPM' in the file name). The series matrix of a sequencing study is sometimes nearly empty.

Also filed as BioProject PRJNA1210559 and SRA study SRP557251. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

NCBI GEO page ↗ Paper (PMID 42118837) ↗
Study design
340 distinct titles, 40 of them repeated
E72 human hand phalanges, digit 1, ×3 E72 human hand phalanges, digit 2, ×3 E72 human hand phalanges, digit 3, ×3 E72 human hand phalanges, digit 4, ×3 E72 human hand phalanges, digit 5, ×3 E72 human metacarpal, digit 1, ×3 E72 human metacarpal, digit 2, ×3 E72 human metacarpal, digit 3, ×3 +32 more

How we read this: Read from the first 400 of 480 sample titles: 340 distinct titles with little repetition. These groups are guessed from the sample names, not taken from the paper, so check them against the sample list below before relying on them.

Samples in this study

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