Illustration of different constructs and the reads produced. • I = Inserts • R = single-end reads • R1, R2 = paired-end reads • LR = Read length • LI = insert length A) LI ≥ LR B) LI < LR C) LI ≥ 2LR D) LR < LI < 2LR E) LI<LR
• if gene is alternatively spliced • algorithm based on graph theory (b) • isoforms ( alt. splice transcripts) (c) • reads map to different sets of exons on same region • read maps to a portion of exon • expression rate by FPKM • FPKM = fragments per kilobase of transcript pairs per million mapped reads • some exons can be shared • expression of each isoform (transcript) is not straight-forward (d) • statistical inference (e) • gene expression (FPKM) = sum of exp. of all isoforms directly