RNA-seq: technical variability and sampling
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ORGANISM(S): Drosophila simulans
SUBMITTER: Lauren McIntyre
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-54069 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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RNA-seq: technical variability and sampling.
McIntyre Lauren M LM Lopiano Kenneth K KK Morse Alison M AM Amin Victor V Oberg Ann L AL Young Linda J LJ Nuzhdin Sergey V SV
BMC genomics 20110606
<h4>Background</h4>RNA-seq is revolutionizing the way we study transcriptomes. mRNA can be surveyed without prior knowledge of gene transcripts. Alternative splicing of transcript isoforms and the identification of previously unknown exons are being reported. Initial reports of differences in exon usage, and splicing between samples as well as quantitative differences among samples are beginning to surface. Biological variation has been reported to be larger than technical variation. In addition ...[more]
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