Chicken embryo annnotations

Question

[rob.costa1234]

Before I do any analysis on a dataset, I got stuck with one question about sample annotations. There is one GEO dataset of RNAseq from an embryo that has annotations like : E6.5_embryo2_sc15; E6.5_embryo2_sc16; E6.5_embryo1_sc40. That means these are replicates of the same embryo or else. I am trying to understand what does annotation at the end SC16, sc40 etc. suggests and should be using them as separate sample or as a replicate of the same time point. I googled it and try to get information from authors but was unsuccessful.

Answer 1

[ATpoint]

Check the method section and the paper for explanations of the legend / annotation.There is no standard for sample annotation. These abbreviations can be anything, time points, treatments, or could mean single cell, impossible to say without the paper / methods section.