[R] Converting Discrete Gene Sequences to Embeddings for Transformer-based Models

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I'm currently working on a research project involving gene sequences as inputs. These sequences are encoded such that an individual has two copies of the same gene and if they match the reference genome, the encoding will be 0/0, 0/1 (one gene same as the reference, and the other gene is different), or 1/1. We then represent 0/0 as 0, 0/1 as 1, and 1/1 as 2. The output variable is a continuous physical trait of the individual. …

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