genoPlotR: comparative gene and genome visualization in R

• Published in: Bioinformatics Vol. 26; no. 18; pp. 2334 - 2335
• Main Authors: Guy, Lionel, Roat Kultima, Jens, Andersson, Siv G. E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 15.09.2010
• Subjects: Animals; Applications Note; Bioinformatics; Bioinformatik; Biologi; Biological and medical sciences; Biology; Chromosome Mapping; Comparative genomics; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Genes; Genome; genomes; Humans; Mathematics in biology. Statistical analysis. Models. Metrology. Data processing in biology (general aspects); NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; Other biology; Software; visualization; Övrig biologi; Gene; Genome; Visualization
• ISSN: 1367-4803; 1367-4811; 1460-2059; 1367-4811
• DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq413

The amount of gene and genome data obtained by next-generation sequencing technologies generates a need for comparative visualization tools. Complementing existing software for comparison and exploration of genomics data, genoPlotR automatically creates publication-grade linear maps of gene and genomes, in a highly automatic, flexible and reproducible way. Availability: genoPlotR is a platform-independent R package, available with full source code under a GPL2 license at R-Forge: http://genoplotr.r-forge.r-project.org/ Contact: lionel.guy@ebc.uu.se