collapse replicates in rows

[dawn1313]

Hi,

I have microarray data as follows. As there are two technical replicates so I want to collapse the same name on 'Name' column, and then do differential expression between samples.

Name Sample1 Sample2 Sample3 Sample4
1 14-3-3 beta/zeta (Ab-184/186) 15876 9347 16300 9243
2 14-3-3 beta/zeta (Ab-184/186) 17581 11446 23172 9890
3 14-3-3 beta/zeta (Phospho-Ser184/186) 609 3669 3956 4446
4 14-3-3 beta/zeta (Phospho-Ser184/186) 1719 5380 4004 4524
......

Does any suggestion to make the name unique?

Thanks!
Yin