Yuri,
I would refine in parallel with and without the twin law and check the resulting maps and R-factors.
I had a case where the twin fraction was 0.06, which I expected to be negotiable. When I included the twin law in refinement, my R-factors dropped dramatically.
It's usually the best rule of thumb that you have the right space group / molecular replacement solution / twinning / etc.

Good luck,
Kelly

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On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Yuri <yuri.pompeu@ufl.edu> wrote:
Hello phenixers,
I am a little bit at loss since this is the first time I have encountered this situation.
I just collected preliminary data on a ligand soaked crystal. It goes to about 1.85 A. The centrics and acentrics reflections tests look a little deviant from ideal untwinned. I was looking at my xtriage log
file and it seemed to me like I have some twinned fraction. Phenix says not. I realize too my completeness is not good.
Any educated insight would be helpful as I have never dealt with twinning (if this actually the case).
Log file section:
Wilson ratio and moments

Acentric reflections
  <I^2>/<I>^2    :1.650   (untwinned: 2.000; perfect twin 1.500)
  <F>^2/<F^2>    :0.839   (untwinned: 0.785; perfect twin 0.885)
  <|E^2 - 1|>    :0.649   (untwinned: 0.736; perfect twin 0.541)


Centric reflections
  <I^2>/<I>^2    :2.099   (untwinned: 3.000; perfect twin 2.000)
  <F>^2/<F^2>    :0.749   (untwinned: 0.637; perfect twin 0.785)
  <|E^2 - 1|>    :0.703   (untwinned: 0.968; perfect twin 0.736)



NZ test (0<=z<1) to detect twinning and possible translational NCS


-----------------------------------------------
|  Z  | Nac_obs | Nac_theo | Nc_obs | Nc_theo |
-----------------------------------------------
| 0.0 |   0.000 |    0.000 |  0.000 |   0.000 |
| 0.1 |   0.052 |    0.095 |  0.171 |   0.248 |
| 0.2 |   0.126 |    0.181 |  0.285 |   0.345 |
| 0.3 |   0.197 |    0.259 |  0.371 |   0.419 |
| 0.4 |   0.271 |    0.330 |  0.440 |   0.474 |
| 0.5 |   0.334 |    0.394 |  0.499 |   0.520 |
| 0.6 |   0.394 |    0.451 |  0.553 |   0.561 |
| 0.7 |   0.447 |    0.503 |  0.600 |   0.597 |
| 0.8 |   0.497 |    0.551 |  0.629 |   0.629 |
| 0.9 |   0.541 |    0.593 |  0.660 |   0.657 |
| 1.0 |   0.581 |    0.632 |  0.697 |   0.683 |
-----------------------------------------------
| Maximum deviation acentric      :  0.062    |
| Maximum deviation centric       :  0.078    |
|                                             |
| <NZ(obs)-NZ(twinned)>_acentric  : -0.050    |
| <NZ(obs)-NZ(twinned)>_centric   : -0.021    |
-----------------------------------------------


 L test for acentric data

 using difference vectors (dh,dk,dl) of the form:
(2hp,2kp,2lp)
 where hp, kp, and lp are random signed integers such that
 2 <= |dh| + |dk| + |dl| <= 8

 Mean |L|   :0.441  (untwinned: 0.500; perfect twin: 0.375)
 Mean  L^2  :0.270  (untwinned: 0.333; perfect twin: 0.200)

 The distribution of |L| values indicates a twin fraction of
 0.00. Note that this estimate is not as reliable as obtained
 via a Britton plot or H-test if twin laws are available.

Cheers,
--
Yuri Pompeu
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