defaultDispFunc {simphony}

Default function for mapping expected counts to dispersion.

Description

The function was estimated from circadian RNA-seq data from mouse liver (PRJNA297287), using local regression in DESeq2. In a negative binomial distribution, variance = mean + mean^2 * dispersion.

Usage

defaultDispFunc(x)

Arguments

x

Numeric vector of mean counts.

Format

An object of class function of length 1.

Value

Numeric vector of dispersions.

See Also

simphony()

Examples

means = 2^(6:10)
dispersions = defaultDispFunc(means)