lefser
This package is for version 3.19 of Bioconductor; for the stable, up-to-date release version, see lefser.
R implementation of the LEfSE method for microbiome biomarker discovery
Bioconductor version: 3.19
lefser is an implementation in R of the popular "LDA Effect Size (LEfSe)" method for microbiome biomarker discovery. It uses the Kruskal-Wallis test, Wilcoxon-Rank Sum test, and Linear Discriminant Analysis to find biomarkers of groups and sub-groups.
Author: Asya Khleborodova [cre, aut], Ludwig Geistlinger [ctb], Marcel Ramos [ctb] , Samuel Gamboa-Tuz [ctb], Levi Waldron [ctb], Sehyun Oh [ctb]
Maintainer: Asya Khleborodova <asya.bioconductor at gmail.com>
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Installation
To install this package, start R (version "4.4") and enter:
if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
install.packages("BiocManager")
BiocManager::install("lefser")
For older versions of R, please refer to the appropriate Bioconductor release.
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browseVignettes("lefser")
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