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  • Question for experts in normalization

    Hi Guys

    I have replicated RNA-seq samples from 6 populations at 2 different treatments (benign and heat stress) repeated at two separate times (year 1 and year 2).
    I am looking for the best way to normalize the reads before testing differential gene expression (I will be using GLM)

    Possibilities:
    a. All the samples normalized together.
    b. Normalize by year: two separate normalizations (year 1 samples separate from year 2 samples).
    c. Normalize by treatment: two separate normalizations (benign samples separate from heat stress samples)

    I have a vague idea about which one would work better and need some expert opinion.

    Thanks!

  • #2
    Typically one would normalize all of the samples together. You would also fit the entire dataset with a model rather than subsetting it (by year or treatment). While there are certainly occasions when this works poorly (generally when there's a large read number difference spread over a factor), it's generally the best course.

    BTW, I hope you don't plan to run your own GLM. There are many prewritten tools, such as DESeq2 or edgeR that have additional features...and there's no point in reinventing the wheel.

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