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RNASeqGenie (version 1.0.44)

mergeLanes: Merge *Genie Pipeline Output Data

Description

Merges data from different lanes of the same technology type in *Genie next-gen seq pipeline ouput

Usage

mergeLanes(dirs_to_merge, sample_id, merged_dir, species="human",
    write_manifest=FALSE, seq_type=c("exome-seq", "rna-seq"))

Arguments

dirs_to_merge
The set of directory of pipeline output to merge
sample_id
The sample ID of the data being merged
merged_dir
The destination directory of the merged data
species
hg19 or mm9
write_manifest
Whether to write a MANIFEST file of expected output from the merge operation
seq_type
"rna-seq" or "exome-seq"

Value

  • 0 if successful

Details

When the *Genie pipeline is run, a standardized set of output files are created. Often, it is helpful to combine data from different sequencing runs performed on the same biological sample. This function will perform the merge.