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DESeq2: Variable Importance

Is there a way to obtain the relative importance of a variable in the DESeq2 model? I know you can run a likelihood ratio test with a reduced model that does not include the factor to see if it is significant or not. But is there something similar to when you have a multiple linear regression model and calculate the proportion of R-squared associated with each variable?

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You must mean the terms of the design formula? There are different ways to define 'importance', including beta coefficient, Gini coefficient, or even PCA-based methods. You may post this on Bioconductor support, where the DESeq2 maintainer will probably reply: https://support.bioconductor.org/

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