JBrowse: a Dynamic Web Platform for Genome Visualization and Analysis

Overview

Journal Genome Biol

Specialties Biology
Genetics

Date 2016 Apr 14

PMID 27072794

Citations 433

Authors

Robert Buels

Eric Yao

Colin M Diesh

Richard D Hayes

Monica Munoz-Torres

Gregg Helt

David M Goodstein

Christine G Elsik

Suzanna E Lewis

Lincoln Stein

Ian H Holmes

Affiliations

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Abstract

Background: JBrowse is a fast and full-featured genome browser built with JavaScript and HTML5. It is easily embedded into websites or apps but can also be served as a standalone web page.

Results: Overall improvements to speed and scalability are accompanied by specific enhancements that support complex interactive queries on large track sets. Analysis functions can readily be added using the plugin framework; most visual aspects of tracks can also be customized, along with clicks, mouseovers, menus, and popup boxes. JBrowse can also be used to browse local annotation files offline and to generate high-resolution figures for publication.

Conclusions: JBrowse is a mature web application suitable for genome visualization and analysis.

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