Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV): high-performance genomics data visualization and exploration

• Published in: Briefings in bioinformatics Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 178 - 192
• Main Authors: Thorvaldsdottir, H., Robinson, J. T., Mesirov, J. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford Publishing Limited (England) 01.03.2013; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Bioinformatics; Computational Biology; Computer Graphics; Data Display; Data Mining; Databases, Genetic - statistics & numerical data; Genomics; Genomics - statistics & numerical data; Genotype & phenotype; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Information Storage and Retrieval; Sequence Alignment - statistics & numerical data; Software; User-Computer Interface; Visualization

Data visualization is an essential component of genomic data analysis. However, the size and diversity of the data sets produced by today's sequencing and array-based profiling methods present major challenges to visualization tools. The Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) is a high-performance v...