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How Does Htseq Handle Duplicated Rna-Seq Reads?

Hi,

I guess the htseq-count use duplicated reads (identical location) when do counting, is it true? Didn't found a clear answer on the web.

Thanks.

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Yes, it counts them. Particularly with highly expressed genes, you're quite likely to observe what would otherwise be termed PCR duplicates that aren't actually duplicates.

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written by Devon Ryan Devon Ryan

Thanks for the quick answer. I knew there are different opinions on wether removing these reads. I kept them. However, it maybe a problem in single cell? Do you any experience on it?

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written by ccshao • ccshao

I unfortunately don't have any personal experience with single-cell data, which is definitely a bit of a different beast than regular RNAseq. It seems that how big of an issue the duplicates are in single-cell data is somewhat method dependent. You might try with and without duplicates and see if this makes a noticeable difference.

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written by Devon Ryan Devon Ryan

Thanks for your comments.

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