Bioconductor version

In the video, you learned about the Bioconductor project. One advantage of this fantastic resource is its continuous improvements, reflected in scheduled releases. Hence, checking the current version is important for the reproducibility of your analysis.

Important note: For this course, you will be using the BiocInstaller package to install and check package versions, as we will be using Bioconductor version 3.6. For details on the latest Bioconductor installation instructions see Bioconductor install page.

The package BiocInstaller has been installed using source("https://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R"). Remember, you can check the Bioconductor version using the function biocVersion() from the BiocInstaller package.

Your task is to check the R version and the Bioconductor version, currently being used:

Check the R version using version (without parenthesis).
Check the version of Bioconductor using the syntax package::function().

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Exercise

Bioconductor version

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