If a gene is excluded in 2 out of 3 samples, because it is not expressed in at least N number of cells, it remains in the merged dataset but gets 0 counts.
I find that confusing and will change the way we filter genes, so that we exclude genes only if they are to be excluded in all samples.
If a gene is excluded in 2 out of 3 samples, because it is not expressed in at least
N
number of cells, it remains in the merged dataset but gets 0 counts.I find that confusing and will change the way we filter genes, so that we exclude genes only if they are to be excluded in all samples.