Introduction to RNA-seqRNA-seq quantification: from reads to count matrix


RStudio Project and Experimental Data


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Your working directory should look like this
Your working directory should look like this

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A new .Rproj file should be created in your chosen working directory.
A new .Rproj file should be created in your chosen working directory.

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Your R working directory should now be set to where the .Rproj file resides.
Your R working directory should now be set to where the .Rproj file resides.

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A file named GSE96870_counts_cerebellum.csv should now reside in the data folder.
A file named GSE96870_counts_cerebellum.csv should now reside in the data folder.

Importing and annotating quantified data into R


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Exploratory analysis and quality control


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Differential expression analysis


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Shrinkage of log fold changes is useful for visualization and ranking of genes, but for result exploration typically the independentFiltering argument is used to remove lowly expressed genes.


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Gene set enrichment analysis


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Next steps


Extra exploration of design matrices


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