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Use of autocorrelation scanning in DNA copy number analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Motivation

Data quality is a critical issue in the analyses of DNA copy number alterations obtained from microarrays. It is commonly assumed that copy number alteration data can be modeled as piecewise constant and the measurement errors of different probes are independent. However, these assumptions do not always hold in practice. In some published datasets, we find that measurement errors are highly correlated between probes that interrogate nearby genomic loci, and the piecewise-constant model does not fit the data well. The correlated errors cause problems in downstream analysis, leading to a large number of DNA segments falsely identified as having copy number gains and losses.

Method

We developed a simple tool, called autocorrelation scanning profile, to assess the dependence of measurement error between neighboring probes.

Results

Autocorrelation scanning profile can be used to check data quality and refine the analysis of DNA copy number data, which we demonstrate in some typical datasets.

Contact

lzhangli@mdanderson.org.

Supplementary information

Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

SUBMITTER: Zhang L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3799475 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Use of autocorrelation scanning in DNA copy number analysis.

Zhang Liangcai L Zhang Li L

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) 20130916 21

<h4>Motivation</h4>Data quality is a critical issue in the analyses of DNA copy number alterations obtained from microarrays. It is commonly assumed that copy number alteration data can be modeled as piecewise constant and the measurement errors of different probes are independent. However, these assumptions do not always hold in practice. In some published datasets, we find that measurement errors are highly correlated between probes that interrogate nearby genomic loci, and the piecewise-const ...[more]

PMID: 24045776

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Use of autocorrelation scanning in DNA copy number analysis.

Motivation

Method

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Use of autocorrelation scanning in DNA copy number analysis.

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