Hello guys,

It may seem like a basic question, but this is causing confusion.

What is the difference between fold change and Log fold change?

Regards,

If you think that fold-change is the 'expression level' in one set of samples (set A) divided by the 'expression level' in another set (set B), then log-fold-change is the log of that value (typically to base 2).

That is, if FC=, A/B, then log_FC = log(A / B) = log(A) - log(B)

and if log_FC=x, then FC=2^x