Comparison of software packages for detecting differential expression in RNA-seq studies.

ABSTRACT: RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) has rapidly become a popular tool to characterize transcriptomes. A fundamental research problem in many RNA-seq studies is the identification of reliable molecular markers that show differential expression between distinct sample groups. Together with the growing popularity of RNA-seq, a number of data analysis methods and pipelines have already been developed for this task. Currently, however, there is no clear consensus about the best practices yet, which makes the choice of an appropriate method a daunting task especially for a basic user without a strong statistical or computational background. To assist the choice, we perform here a systematic comparison of eight widely used software packages and pipelines for detecting differential expression between sample

SUBMITTER: Seyednasrollah F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4293378 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature