Filtering features

Low expression genes may be indistinguishable from noise and will decrease the sensitivity of differential expression analysis.

• Click the Gene counts node

• Click Filtering in the task menu

• Click Filter features (Figure 1)

Figure 1. Selecting Filter features

• Click Noise reduction filter

• Set the filter to maximum <= 1

• Click Finish (Figure 2)

Figure 2. Filtering low expressed genes

A new Filtered counts data node will be created to que additional tasks (Figure 3) like Normalization.

Figure 3. Filtered counts node

Additional Assistance

If you need additional assistance, please visit our support page to submit a help ticket or find phone numbers for regional support.