getCytoband: getCytoband

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) See Also Examples

View source: R/idiogram-functions.R

Description

This function generates a data.frame with the respective cytoband names, chromosomes, Giemsa stain, and the start and end positions. These tables can then be used to plot chromosome idiograms. Currently, cytoband annotation for UCSC genome builds hg18 and hg19 are supported.

Usage

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Arguments

build

A character string indicating UCSC build ("hg18" or "hg19").

Value

data.frame

Author(s)

Michael Considine

See Also

plotIdiogram

Examples

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cytoband <- getCytoband("hg19")
cytoband <- cytoband[cytoband$chr == "chr1", ]
plotIdiogram(1, "hg18", cytoband=cytoband, cex.axis=0.6)

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