# Question about the markergene score

**URL:** <https://discourse.scverse.org/t/question-about-the-markergene-score/633>\
**Category:** scATAC-seq\
**Created:** [July 20, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.scverse.org/t/question-about-the-markergene-score/633 "2022-07-20T19:13:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.scverse.org/t/question-about-the-markergene-score/633/1 "2022-07-20T19:13:06Z")

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When I used the function to plot markergene score, I am really confused whether the score of one specific marker gene is normalized ? If I’d like to compare the score of different marker gene for one cluster, should I do extra normalization, or just use the scores directly ? and any suggestions about the threshold to judge if the marker gene score is high or low ? Thanks!