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Gene Expression Analysis

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In this chapter we will overview the main points of gene expression analyses. We will illustrate using Affymetrix gene expression arrays and Illumina RNA-seq reads, but most of the underlying concepts port well to other platforms. Various preprocessing quality control metrics are discussed as well as how to evaluate the quality of the data. Next we discuss how to setup contrasts and detect differentially expressed genes.

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Gondro, C. (2015). Gene Expression Analysis. In: Primer to Analysis of Genomic Data Using R. Use R!. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14475-7_5

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