simulate_exprs {CellTrails}R Documentation

Simulation of RNA-Seq expression data

Description

Simple simulation of RNA-Seq expression data estimating counts based on the negative binomial distribution

Usage

simulate_exprs(n_features, n_samples, prefix_sample = "")

Arguments

n_features

Number of genes

n_samples

Number of samples

prefix_sample

Prefix of sample name

Details

RNA-Seq counts are generated using the Negative Binomial Distribution. Distribution parameters for each feature are sampled from a Gamma distribution. The resulting expression matrix is log2-scaled.

Value

A numeric matrix with genes in rows and samples in columns

Author(s)

Daniel C. Ellwanger

See Also

NegBinomial and GammaDist

Examples

# Matrix with 100 genes and 50 cells
dat <- simulate_exprs(n_features=100, n_samples=50)

[Package CellTrails version 1.12.0 Index]