EmptyDrops: distinguishing cells from empty droplets in droplet-based single-cell RNA sequencing data

Aaron T. L. Lun; Samantha J. Riesenfeld; Tallulah Andrews; The Phuong Dao; Tomás Gomes; John C. Marioni

doi:10.1186/s13059-019-1662-y

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Year: 2019
Type: article
Volume: 20
Issue: 1
Pages: 63-63
Citations: 1094
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                                    Aaron T. L. Lun, 
                                
                                    Samantha J. Riesenfeld, 
                                
                                    Tallulah Andrews
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            EmptyDrops: distinguishing cells from empty droplets in droplet-based single-cell RNA sequencing data. 
                            Genome biology
                            , 20
                            (1)
                            , 63-63.
                            https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-019-1662-y
                        

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DOI: 10.1186/s13059-019-1662-y