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This approach enhances sensitivity in detecting lowly expressed genes, outperforming single-cell RNA-seq methods, particularly in identifying rare tumor cell populations and transcriptional programs with low expression. We also present a detailed map of predicted regulatory networks underlying distinct PDAC morpho-biotypes, revealing novel mechanisms and key regulators associated with each subtype.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This study provides fully reproducible workflows, including processed data objects, documented code, and computational predictions of the regulatory activities, enabling robust exploration of intratumor heterogeneity of PDAC. 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