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Quantifying the margin of error in high-throughput data interpretation

In the interpretation of high-throughout data, we make statements about the number of biological entities. However, the number of genes in a higher eukaryote, of protein domains or folds, or protein complexes is the product of many parameter choices. Because these entities have soft boundaries, we have to make assumptions about their nature that can not be quantified by a confidence interval or other established quantifiers. It would be very useful to label the results with a statement about their validity, expressing the confidence of the researchers, similar to the procedures for annotations in Gene Ontology.
A statement in a publication could read:
The number of protein coding genes in Alosa fallax is 37.387[SEN]. We predict that these proteins form 235.345 splice forms[I50K], arranging themselves into 920 protein complexes[IA<]. 4 protein are involved in fin formation[I5] and 3.454 in cell cycle regulation[I5].

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[I5] Inferred from Perl script. 5 lines of Perl can't be wrong.
[I50K] Inferred from major calculation. 50.000 lines of C++ can't be wrong.
[SEN] Contribution of the senior author.
[REV] Stinking reviewers didn't like our numbers. Have to put them into the acknowledgments.
[IA>] As high as we could get it to meet your expectations
[IA<] As low as we could get it to meet your expectations
[2*] Could be twice as much but who am I
[DUD] Spot on, dude. Seriously!

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