A comparison of edgeR (with common and tagwise dispersion estimation) with DESeq

pasilla-test.R

## analysis.R -- looking at how similar the results of edgeR and DESeq are                                                                                   
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library(pasilla)
library(DESeq)
library(edgeR)
library(ggplot2)
library(limma)

data(pasillaGenes)

### Data                                                                                                                                                     
d <- counts(pasillaGenes, normalized=FALSE)
conds <- pData(pasillaGenes)$condition

### Standard single-factor DESeq analysis                                                                                                                    
cds <- newCountDataSet(d, conds)
cds <- estimateSizeFactors(cds)
cds <- estimateDispersions(cds)
res <- nbinomTest(cds, "treated", "untreated")

### Standard single-factor edgeR analysis                                                                                                                    
dge <- DGEList(d, group=conds)
dge <- calcNormFactors(dge)
dge.common <- estimateCommonDisp(dge)
dge.tag <- estimateTagwiseDisp(dge)
tt.common <- topTags(exactTest(dge.common), n=1e10)
tt.tag <- topTags(exactTest(dge.tag), n=1e10)


### Comparison                                                                                                                                               
combined <- local({
  tmp <- merge(res, tt.tag$table, by.x='id', by.y='row.names')
  out <- merge(tmp, tt.common$table, by.x='id', by.y='row.names')
  # now we need to clean up column names                                                                                                                     
  stopifnot(colnames(tt.tag$table) == colnames(tt.common$table)) ## don't assume.                                                                            
  edger.cn <- colnames(tt.tag$table)
  cn <- c(paste(colnames(res), "deseq", sep='.'),
          paste(edger.cn, "edger.tag", sep="."),
          paste(edger.cn, "edger.common", sep="."))
  colnames(out) <- cn
  out
})

fdr <- 0.1
fdr.compare <- with(combined, data.frame(edgeR.tag=adj.P.Val.edger.tag,
                                         edgeR.common=adj.P.Val.edger.common,
                                         DESeq=padj.deseq))

plotmatrix(fdr.compare)

vc <- vennCounts(fdr.compare <= fdr)
vennDiagram(vc)

# so 522 genes are agreed upon - but are their FDR estimates still                                                                                           
# consistent?                                                                                                                                                

sig.i <- apply(fdr.compare <= fdr, 1, all)
plotmatrix(fdr.compare[sig.i, ])