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\# hermes
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> `hermes` facilitates preprocessing, analyzing, and reporting of
> RNA-seq data.
- Imports `RNAseq` count data into the `hermes` ready format.
- Annotates gene information automatically from a central database
(e.g. `BioMart`).
- Adds quality control (QC) flags to genes and samples.
- Filters the data set.
- Normalizes the counts.
- Quickly produces descriptive plots.
- Performs principal components analysis.
- Produces a templated QC report.
- Performs differential expression analysis.
## Installation
### `BioConductor`
You can install the current release from `BioConductor` with:
``` r
if (!require("BiocManager")) {
install.packages("BiocManager")
}
BiocManager::install("hermes")
```
### GitHub
You can install the development version from GitHub with:
``` r
if (!require("devtools")) {
install.packages("devtools")
}
devtools::install_github("insightsengineering/hermes")
```
## Getting Started
You can get started by reading the introduction vignette:
``` r
library(hermes)
vignette("introduction", package = "hermes")
```
