title: chromDraw: an R package for visualization of linear and circular karyotypes.
abstract: Species-specific sets of chromosomes-karyotypes-are traditionally depicted as linear ideograms with individual chromosomes represented by vertical bars. However, linear visualization has its limitations when the shared collinearity and/or chromosomal rearrangements differentiating two or more karyotypes need to be demonstrated. In these instances, circular visualization might provide easier comprehension and interpretation of inter-species chromosomal collinearity. The chromDraw graphical tool was developed as a user-friendly graphical tool for visualizing both linear and circular karyotypes based on the same input data matrix. The output graphics, saved in two different formats (EPS and SVG), can be easily imported to and modified in presentation and image-editing computer programs. The tool is freely distributed under GNU General Public License (GPL) and can be installed from Bioconductor or from the chromDraw home page.
authors.affiliation: CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 62500, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janečka
authors.affiliation: CEITEC-Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 62500, Czech Republic. martin.lysak@ceitec.muni.cz.
authors.forename: Martin A
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0318-4194
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lysak
mesh_terms: D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002875:Chromosomes; D059785:Karyotype; D007621:Karyotyping; D012984:Software
keywords: Chromosome; Karyotype; R; Visualization