mergeReplicates: Merge GRanges that are of replicate experiments.
In Repitools: Epigenomic tools

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) Examples

A lane of next generation sequencing data can be stored as a GRanges object. Sometimes, a GRangesList of various lanes can have experimental replicates. This function allows the merging of such elements.

1 2	## S4 method for signature 'GRangesList' mergeReplicates(reads, types, verbose = TRUE)

`reads`	A `GRangesList`.
`types`	A vector the same length as `reads`, that gives what type of experiment each element is of.
`verbose`	Whether to print the progess of processing.

The experiment type that each element of the merged list is of, is stored in the first element of the metadata list.

A GRangesList with one element per experiment type.

Dario Strbenac

  library(GenomicRanges)
  grl <- GRangesList(GRanges("chr1", IRanges(5, 10)),
                     GRanges("chr18", IRanges(25, 50)),
                     GRanges("chr22", IRanges(1, 100)))
  antibody <- c("MeDIP", "MeDIP", "H3K4me3")
  mergeReplicates(grl, antibody)