Is it possible to combine count gene expression data coming from one sequencing technology (RNA seq) with intensity gene expression data coming from another sequencing technology (e.g., illuminex)?
I have a general question: Is it possible to combine count gene expression data coming from one sequencing technology (RNA seq) with intensity gene expression data coming from another sequencing technology (e.g., illuminex), of course for the same set of genes? If this is possbile, would you please explain the methods I can do that?
The support site is meant to technical help with the packages. General questions like this should be asked at communities such as biostars.org. Generally, such combinations into a single dataset make little sense since data are completely different in terms of scale and batch effects are inevitably present. If you ask elsewhere please include relevant details, such as the analysis goal and what the experimental setup is.