Title: Software for the interactive visualisation of experimental data in the genomic context

Authors: Michael Lawrence

Addresses: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Program in Computational Biology, Division of Public Health Sciences, 1100 Fairview Avenue North M2-B876, P.O. Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109, USA

Abstract: Genomic datasets are all tied to the genome, which is an effective scaffold for data integration. Researchers have turned to interactive genome browsers to explore and understand the genomic relationships in their data. This paper describes and evaluates the existing genome browsers and compares them in terms of their visualisation features, with emphasis on experimental data plotting, interactivity and integration with broader data analysis environments. We find that while there are trends in genome browser development toward better support for experimental data analysis, there remains much potential for improvement.

Keywords: genomic visualisation; genome browsers; interactive graphics; genomic data analysis; genomic relationships; bioinformatics; data integration.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCBDD.2008.022210

International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design, 2008 Vol.1 No.4, pp.406 - 421

Published online: 22 Dec 2008 *

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