ASAR: visual analysis of metagenomes in R
Author(s) -
Askarbek Orakov,
Nazgul Sakenova,
Anatoly Sorokin,
Igor Goryanin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx775
Subject(s) - metagenomics , computer science , visualization , annotation , hierarchy , source code , kegg , plug in , function (biology) , data mining , information retrieval , biology , artificial intelligence , programming language , biochemistry , gene expression , transcriptome , evolutionary biology , gene , economics , market economy
Functional and taxonomic analyses are critical steps in understanding interspecific interactions within microbial communities. Currently, such analyses are run separately, which complicates interpretation of results. Here we present the ASAR interactive tool for simultaneous analysis of metagenomic data in three dimensions: taxonomy, function, metagenome.
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