[BioC] Mistaken identifiers

[Steve Lianoglou]

Hi,

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Chintanu <chintanu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Wondering whether there already a tried and tested solution in R to deal
> with the issue of mistaken identifiers [Zeeberg et al. (2004) Mistaken
> Identifiers: Gene name errors can be introduced inadvertently when using
> Excel in bioinformatics; BMC Bioinformatics]. After analysing data, I often
> do write.csv () and the output file is then shared to be often looked at
> using MS Excel.

I'd be surprised if you'll find a better solution than just informing
people downstream to turn off the auto-correct feature.

Perhaps putting together small tutorials for different
platforms/versions that step people through the process of disabling
this "feature" would be handy -- and perhaps it might be handier to
put on a wiki some where for the better good of humanity.


-- 
Steve Lianoglou
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 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
 | Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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