Names of circular plots?

[dietmar13]

hello,

who knows the names of these types of circular plots (see attachment), and which programs (best R-packages) can produce them.

thank you,

dietmar

[Bukowski]

http://circos.ca/

[dietmar13]

thank you - thread closed

bukowski, thank you - a new open task in my pipeline ...

[turnersd]

Speaking of these... has anyone here actually taken the time to learn how to use Circos? I looked at the docs once and it seemed like it would take longer than I felt like dedicating. Any thoughts?

[dietmar13]

trial and error

as usual by such complex tasks, take an example which is most similar to your problem and change it using your data (reverse engeneering). solve problems with google and foums...
reading tons of documentation is often not necessary...

[fjrossello]

I agree with Dietmar13. In the Circos webpage you can find examples that are/were used for Genomics. In gral., people use scatter or line plots for CNVs, the classical links for inter and intrachromosomal rearrengements and gene fusions and heatmaps for SNPs. All of these can be combined in one plot in different tracks.
Let me know if you have any issues, I may be able to help you.

Cheers,

Fernando

[FractalExpression]

Speaking of these... has anyone here actually taken the time to learn how to use Circos? I looked at the docs once and it seemed like it would take longer than I felt like dedicating. Any thoughts?

I use them, and experimented with making dynamic visualizations: http://vimeo.com/47676837