1.Would it be a potential bias if I have 2 replicates for one condition and 4 replicates for the other? Or would it better to use then only 2 replicates per condition?
Dataset 1:
cond A, 2 replicates
cond B, 4 replicates
2.Also, in my another dataset I have 2 replicates extracted with Long PolyA+ RNA (single end, 50 bp) and 2 replicates (single end, 36 bp) extracted with PolyA+RNA and 2 replicates with Long PolyA+RNA (paired reads, 76) for condition A, the same for condition B. Would it be possible in design matrix to combine the replicates in order to have 6 rep for condition A and 6 for condition B? Or the replicates from different extraction methods are better to be analyzed separately?
Dataset 2:
cond A, Long PolyA+ RNA, single end, 50 bp, 2 rep
cond A, PolyA+RNA, single end, 36 bp, 2 rep
cond A, Long PolyA+RNA, paired end, 76bp, 2 rep
cond B, Long PolyA+ RNA, single end, 50 bp, 2 rep
cond B, PolyA+RNA, single end, 36 bp, 2 rep
cond B, Long PolyA+RNA, paired end, 76bp, 2 rep
Can you make a little table which explains the preparation and condition status for the samples? I don't know that I follow exactly:
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