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How to filter the raw data for RPKM calculation

Hi everyone,

I'm going to do some gene expression analysis recently. I plan to de novo assembly the transcripts, and then calculate the RPKM. But I'm confused by the filtration of raw data. When dealing with DNA reads, I know the PCR-duplication should be filtered out, but when coming to RNA expression, should I keep them?

Please help, thank you.

gene expression

1 answer

I would recommend reading the post:

Should We Remove Duplicated Reads In Rna-Seq ?

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