Binary encoding for human genetic data
abstract The current representation of genetic data as [0,1,2] poses some key limitations on interpretation and analysis. The proposed solution treats the genetic data as a categorical variable belonging to the following categories; [A,T,C,G,m]. The categories represent at least one nucleotide for a given SNP, and the ‘m’ category represents whether the SNP is homozygous…
Adding a repository or PPA in Pop!_OS 20.10
How to add a repository, sometimes refered to as a personal package archive (PPA), to Pop OS has changed in version 20.10. Added to Pop!_OS 20.10 s support for the deb822 repository format, as part of this, /etc/apt/sources.list is now deprecated. Many projects have documentation for adding a ppa that utilizes the sources.list file to…
R compatibility on Ubuntu 20.04 & 20.10
Linux based operating systems operate on a different paradigm than Windows and macOS. Software is stored in a repository that is accessed through a package manager like ‘apt’ on Debian-based operating systems including Ubuntu. However, in the case of R, the version present in the repositories is out of date quickly, potentially causing compatibility issues…