Table 1 Functions to interact with the Integrated Genome Viewer (IGV)

startIGV

Start IGV from R with different

amount maximum memory support

IGVsession

Create an IGV session file

IGVgenome

Set the IGV genome

IGVload

Load data into IGV via remote port call

IGVclear

Clear IGV tracks loaded

IGVcollapse

Collapse tracks in the IGV

IGVgoto

Go to a specified region in IGV

IGVsnapshot

Make a file snapshot of the current IGV screen

IGVsocket

Create a Socket Connection to IGV

IGVsort

Sort an alignment track by the specified option