more complicated hypotheses than differential expression (with baySeq or a similar package)
1
0
Entering edit mode
@will-landau-6891
Last seen 9.6 years ago
United States

I have an RNA-seq dataset with 3 treatment groups, where gene g has group means mu_{g, i} for i = 1, 2, 3. Is there a way to use baySeq to calculate the posterior probabilities that mu_{g, 2} > max(mu_{g, 1}, mu_{g, 3}) and the posterior probabilities that  mu_{g, 2} < min(mu_{g, 1}, mu_{g, 3})? Specifications like groups <- list(null = c(1,1,1,1,1,1), alternative = c(1,1,2,2,1,1)) and groups <- list(null = c(1,1,1,1,1,1), alternative = c(1,1,2,2,3,3)) do not answer this question with the package's usual functionality demonstrated in the manual and the vignette. If not with baySeq, which packages can accomplish this easily?

bayseq hypotheses • 1.3k views
ADD COMMENT
1
Entering edit mode
@gordon-smyth
Last seen 3 hours ago
WEHI, Melbourne, Australia

No, you cannot compute posterior probabilities for this hypothesis using baySeq or any other package.

People typically take a simpler approach to this sort of question. One simply conducts pairwise tests between the three groups, and then selects genes that are (i) up in group 1 relative to both groups and 3 or (ii) down in group 1 relative to both groups 2 and 3. This sort of analysis is done every day using any of the RNA-seq analysis packages such as edgeR, limma, DESeq, baySeq.

ADD COMMENT
0
Entering edit mode

Thanks, that sounds reasonable. 

ADD REPLY

Login before adding your answer.

Traffic: 539 users visited in the last hour
Help About
FAQ
Access RSS
API
Stats

Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy.

Powered by the version 2.3.6