What does y-axis in differential gene expression plot signify?
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Area – Differential Expression
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Hello,
I wanted to do differential gene expression on the clusters of my data. When I plotted them, I obtained the expressed genes. However, I wanted to know the significance of the number in y-axis on the right hand side.
I am attaching the screenshot of the image.
Thank you
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Start with the attached differential gene expression plot and the Scanpy documentation for the plotting workflow described in the issue. Determine what the right-hand y-axis represents, then document that meaning clearly and verify the explanation against the plotted output.
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- python
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- bioinformatics, data-visualization
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