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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def quantitate_expression_noparallel(samples, run_parallel):
 """ run transcript quantitation for algorithms that don't run in parallel """

    data = samples[0][0]
    if "express" in dd.get_expression_caller(data):
        samples = run_parallel("run_express", samples)
    if "dexseq" in dd.get_expression_caller(data):
        samples = run_parallel("run_dexseq", samples)
    return samples