In the DESeq2 vignette, it is stated that "Parallelizing DESeq, results, and lfcShrink can be easily accomplished by loading the BiocParallel package, and then setting the following arguments: parallel=TRUE". In the manual, lfcShrink is also shown to have a parallel option.

I am using the version DESeq2_1.16.1 and when I try using parallel=TRUE within lfcShrink, I get: "Error in lfcShrink(parallel = TRUE) : unused argument (parallel = TRUE)"

It doesn't seem that the parallel option is support by lfcShrink or am I missing something?

Thanks!

You’re reading from the vignette of the development version 1.17.

You can always obtain the correct vignette — for your local version — by typing into R:

vignette(“DESeq2”)