title: VGSC: A Web-Based Vector Graph Toolkit of Genome Synteny and Collinearity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In order to understand the colocalization of genetic loci amongst species, synteny and collinearity analysis is a frequent task in comparative genomics research. However many analysis software packages are not effective in visualizing results. Problems include lack of graphic visualization, simple representation, or inextensible format of outputs. Moreover, higher throughput sequencing technology requires higher resolution image output.
  
  
  METHODS
  To fill this gap, this paper publishes VGSC, the Vector Graph toolkit of genome Synteny and Collinearity, and its online service, to visualize the synteny and collinearity in the common graphical format, including both raster (JPEG, Bitmap, and PNG) and vector graphic (SVG, EPS, and PDF).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Users can upload sequence alignments from blast and collinearity relationship from the synteny analysis tools. The website can generate the vector or raster graphical results automatically. We also provide a java-based bytecode binary to enable the command-line execution.
authors.affiliation: School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211189, China; The Southern Modern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China; College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China.
authors.forename: Yiqing
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7962-6668
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: The Southern Modern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China; College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China.
authors.forename: Changwei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.affiliation: School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211189, China.
authors.forename: Guoxin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: The Southern Modern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China; College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China.
authors.forename: Suyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: The Southern Modern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China; College of Forest Resources and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China.
authors.forename: Xiaogang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: The Southern Modern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China; College of Forest Resources and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China.
authors.forename: Tongming
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: The Southern Modern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China; College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210037, China.
authors.forename: Ning
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7249-8352
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D016678:Genome; D020407:Internet; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software