The PECAn image and statistical analysis pipeline identifies Minute cell competition genes and features.

ABSTRACT: Investigating organ biology often requires methodologies to induce genetically distinct clones within a living tissue. However, the 3D nature of clones makes sample image analysis challenging and slow, limiting the amount of information that can be extracted manually. Here we develop PECAn, a pipeline for image processing and statistical data analysis of complex multi-genotype 3D images. PECAn includes data handling, machine-learning-enabled segmentation, multivariant statistical analysis, and graph generation. This enables researchers to perform rigorous analyses rapidly and at scale, without requiring programming skills. We demonstrate the power of this pipeline by applying it to the study of Minute cell competition. We find an unappreciated sexual dimorphism in Minute cell growth in com

SUBMITTER: Baumgartner ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10172353 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature