gcContent {R453Plus1Toolbox} | R Documentation |
This function calculates the GC-content summarized over all sequences.
gcContent(object)
object |
An object of class DNAStringSet, ShortRead or SFFContainer. |
The GC-content is calculated as follows:
(#G + #C / #G + #C + #A + #T) * 100
Where #G is the number of base G in all sequences.
A numeric vector of length one containing the overall GC-content.
Christian Ruckert