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The existence of doublets is a key confounder in single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) data analysis. Computational methods have been developed for detecting doublets from scRNA-seq data. We developed an R package DoubletCollection to integrate the installation and execution of eight doublet-detection methods. DoubletCollection also provides a unified interface to perform and visualize downstream analysis after doublet detection. Here, we present a protocol of using DoubletCollection to benchmark doublet-detection methods. This protocol can automatically accommodate new doublet-detection methods in the fast-growing scRNA-seq field.
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