Calculate Intron Positions Based on Exons

This function takes a dataset containing transcript information and calculates the start and end positions of introns based on the positions of exons. It generates a combined dataframe including both the original exons and the calculated introns.

Usage

get_introns(data)

Arguments

data

A dataframe containing `start` and `end` positions of transcripts. Optional columns are `type` (exon or UTR), `transcript` (containing unique transcript IDs), and `strand` (indicating the direction, forward or reverse, of each transcript).

Value

A dataframe with the original exons and the calculated introns, sorted by transcript and start position. Each row includes the `start`, `end`, `type` (exon, UTR or intron), `transcript`, and `strand` for each segment.