Figure 2

A zoomed in view of a few chromosomes is shown here. The plot menu shows the different choices for plotting a bar-chart in STRIPE. The two insets show a comparison between plotting data with (left inset) and without gene lengths (right inset) respectively, scaled along the chromosome. It is possible to plot the genes on the chromosomes in two ways, one in which the gene length is accurately scaled along the chromosome (giving the appearance of thick lines, which may be misunderstood for clusters of genes), and another in which the gene lengths are ignored and a line is drawn at the exact center of the gene. The latter gives a better view and helps avoid the misunderstanding that there are clusters. This is helpful in visual identification of possible gene clusters.