DNA analysis

From: Ulrika K Eriksson (ulrikae@biotech.kth.se)
Date: Thu Nov 21 2002 - 04:11:55 EST


>Hi!
>
>I posed this problem to the list a week ago but realised (too late)
>that the attachment was made in Kaleidagraph and that many of you
>might not have been able to open it. The questions are still the
>same but the attachment is now in Word.
>
>I'm trying to perform a cell cycle analysis of an asssay I made and
>I don't know which algorithm to use. I have two choices with my
>Partec PAS:
>
>1) "Fit One Cycle". An algorithm that performs a complete numerical
>fit (see attached file for results) and
>2) "Fit G1/G2M". Only performs a Gaussian fit to G1 and G2/M and
>analyzes S phase data "as-is" i.e. without fit (see attached file).
>
>The two methods both generate results with the same "trend" BUT
>method 1 shows a constant higher percentage of cells in S phase than
>cells in G2M whereas method 2 shows the exact opposite. Which one to
>trust?
>
>Method 2 always generates smaller ChiSqu than method 1, even when
>the peak CVs are quite high (8-10). How high are the CVs "allowed to
>get"? What can you do to improve them? What's a good ChiSqu? How
>important is it that the ChiSqu is low?
>
>Many thousand thanks in advance again!
>
>Best regards,
>Ulrika K Eriksson
>Division of Biotechnology
>Royal Institute of Technology
>Stockholm
>Sweden
>
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