FindHVGs: Find high variable genes

Description Usage Arguments Value References

Description

Fing high variable genes by fitting a mean-dependent trend to the gene-specific variances.

Usage

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FindHVGs(
  sce,
  datatype = "logcounts",
  genes.use = "filter.low",
  thr.bio = 0.5,
  thr.tech = NULL,
  thr.p.value = NULL,
  thr.FDR = NULL,
  thr.low = 0,
  thr.high = 20,
  show.plot = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

sce

SingleCellExperiment object.

datatype

Sepcify the data type in sce to find hvgs.

genes.use

A logical vector in rowData to specify the genes for calculation.

thr.bio

The threshold of biological component of the variance.

thr.tech

The threshold of Technical component of the variance.

thr.p.value

The threshold of p-values for the test against the null hypothesis that bio=0.

thr.FDR

The threshold of adjusted p-values.

thr.low

The low threshold of mean log-expression.

thr.high

The high threshold of mean log-expression.

show.plot

Whether to plot the fitting results.

...

Additional arguments passed on to trendVar.

Value

SingleCellExperiment object with hvgs mask in rowData slot.

References

https://f1000research.com/articles/5-2122/v2


JiekaiLab/SOT documentation built on Jan. 25, 2022, 3:14 p.m.