Default function for mapping expected counts to dispersion.

Source: R/accessories.R

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+mean2∗dispersion.

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)