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Collapse technical replicates in DEGS

Hi, I am analyzing RNA-seq samples from 4 different cell lines. The goal is to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between control and treated samples at day 1,3 and day 6. I have 3 replicates for each condition. Given below is the metadata,

Sample Cell Line Day Treatment
Day1_A_A A 1 Treated
Day1_A_A1 A 1 Treated
Day1_A_A2 A 1 Treated
Day1_A_AC A 1 Control
Day1_A_AC1 A 1 Control
Day1_A_AC2 A 1 Control
Day3_A_A A 3 Treated
Day3_A_A1 A 3 Treated
Day3_A_A2 A 3 Treated
Day3_A_AC A 3 Control
Day3_A_AC1 A 3 Control
Day3_A_AC2 A 3 Control
Day6_A_A A 6 Treated
Day6_A_A1 A 6 Treated
Day6_A_A2 A 6 Treated
Day6_A_AC A 6 Control
Day6_A_AC1 A 6 Control
Day6_A_AC2 A 6 Control
Day1_B_B B 1 Treated
Day1_B_B1 B 1 Treated
Day1_B_B2 B 1 Treated
Day1_B_BC B 1 Control
Day1_B_BC1 B 1 Control
Day1_B_BC2 B 1 Control
Day3_B_B B 3 Treated
Day3_B_B1 B 3 Treated
Day3_B_B2 B 3 Treated
Day3_B_BC B 3 Control
Day3_B_BC1 B 3 Control
Day3_B_BC2 B 3 Control
Day6_B_B B 6 Treated
Day6_B_B1 B 6 Treated
Day6_B_B2 B 6 Treated
Day6_B_BC B 6 Control
Day6_B_BC1 B 6 Control
Day6_B_BC2 B 6 Control same for cell line C and D. How should I design the experiment for the analysis, and how can I collapse replicates? Thank you.
rna-seq degs technical-replicates

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Collapse technical replicates in DEGS

Just so we have clarity A/A1/A2 are the same cell line sample library A from day 1 run on three lanes/flowcells? That would be a technical (sequencing) replicate of library for A.

But if they are three separate biological replicate sample libraries for "A" then you are not going to want to collapse them. You will be losing valuable information.

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