Peak Call Peak Call Peak Call … Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample N Sample N-1 Sample N-2 2100 4230 7654 1236 5400 5954 # Unique Peaks Merge* All Unique Peaks (40000) ir Identify which merged peaks are differentially expressed using coverage (40000 tests)
Peak Call Peak Call Peak Call … Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample N Sample N-1 Sample N-2 2100 4230 7654 1236 5400 5954 # Unique Peaks Merge* All Unique Peaks (40000) ir Identify which merged peaks are differentially expressed using coverage (40000 tests) Biological variability within a group is not incorporated into finding peaks Variability across peaks is not formally incorporated into merging step
2 Sample 3 Sample N Sample N-1 Sample N-2 Identify differentially bound peaks using single base-level derfinder analysis Single List of Candidate Peaks Empirical p-values via permutations and FDRs Significant Peaks for Differential Binding “dbFinder”
Overlap with published 1157 peaks (742 decrease across age, 415 increase): Down Up Not in dbPeaks 605 397 In dbPeaks 137 18 Down Up In Publish Peaks 278 21 Not Publish Peaks 262 Published peaks overlapping significant dbPeaks Significant dbPeaks overlapping published peaks