Bioinformatics Advance Access originally published online on October 31, 2006
Bioinformatics 2007 23(1):125-126; doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btl556
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GECOlinear visualization for comparative genomics
Institute of Medical Microbiology, Justus-Liebig-University Frankfurter Strasse 107, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
*To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Summary: In order to understand and interpret phylogenetic and functional relationships between multiple prokaryotic species, qualitative and quantitative data must be correlated and displayed. GECO allows linear visualization of multiple genomes using a client/server based approach by dynamically creating .png- or .pdf-formatted images. It is able to display ortholog relations calculated using BLASTCLUST by color coding ortholog representations. Irregularities on the genomic level can be identified by anomalous G/C composition. Thus, this software will enable researchers to detect horizontally transferred genes, pseudogenes and insertions/deletions in related microbial genomes.
Availability: http://bioinfo.mikrobio.med.uni-giessen.de/geco2/GecoMainServlet
Contact: Carsten.Kuenne{at}mikrobio.med.uni-giessen.de
Received on August 1, 2006; revised on October 17, 2006; accepted on October 23, 2006
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