OmicCircos: A Simple-to-Use R Package for the Circular Visualization of Multidimensional Omics Data

By Hu Y, Chunhua Yan, Hsu CH, Chen QR, Niu K, Komatsoulis GA, Meerzaman D.

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OmicCircos is an R software package used to generate high-quality circular plots for visualizing genomic variations, including mutation patterns, copy number variations (CNVs), expression patterns, and methylation patterns. Such variations can be displayed as scatterplot, line, or text-label figures. Relationships among genomic features in different chromosome positions can be represented in the forms of polygons or curves. Utilizing the statistical and graphic functions in an R/Bioconductor environment, OmicCircos performs statistical analyses and displays results using cluster, boxplot, histogram, and heatmap formats. In addition, OmicCircos offers a number of unique capabilities, including independent track drawing for easy modification and integration, zoom functions, link-polygons, and position-independent heatmaps supporting detailed visualization
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  • Hu Y; Chunhua Yan; Hsu CH; Chen QR; Niu K; Komatsoulis GA; Meerzaman D. (2014), "OmicCircos: A Simple-to-Use R Package for the Circular Visualization of Multidimensional Omics Data," https://nciphub.org/resources/281.

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