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+MIT License
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+# Analysis code for "A cellular atlas of the healthy human adult female urethra"
+
+## Overview
+
+This repository contains the code necessary to replicate the analysis carried out in the above listed manuscript.
+
+## Usage
+
+1. Clone this repo and change into the directory.
+2. Launch R. If `renv` is not installed, it will be bootstrapped.
+3. Prepare the R analysis environment by running `renv::restore()`.
+4. Acquire the raw data (fastq files).
+5. Run Cell Ranger Count with version and parameters matching `run_cellranger_count.slurm`.
+6. Run CellBender with the image version and parameters matching `run_cellbender.slurm`.
+7. (Optional) Install the cellbender conda environment matching `environment_cellbender.yml`, and run `calc_rho_from_cellbender.slurm` to calculate contamination fractions.
+8. Run `01_initial_analysis.R`, modifying the input and output lines as necessary.
+9. Run `02_preprocess.R`, modifying the input and output lines as necessary.
+10. Run `03_lineage_filtering.R`, modifying the input and output lines as necessary.