quantsmooth (version 1.38.0)

drawSimpleChrom: Draw chromosome-like icons

Description

This function paints chromosomal icons on an existing plot

Usage

drawSimpleChrom(x, y, len = 3, width = 1, fill, col, orientation = c("h", "v"), centromere.size = 0.6)

Arguments

x

start x-position

y

start y-position

len

total length of the chromosome

width

width of the chromosome

fill

character, {"a","p","q","q[1-3]","p[1-3]" }. Events to a chromosome can be depicted by coloring "a"ll of the chromosome, the complete p or q-arm, or a subsegment of the arms

col

color(s) of fill

orientation

either "h"orizontal or "v"ertical

centromere.size

The size of the centromere as fraction of the width

Value

This function is executed for its side effects

Examples

  plot(c(0,4),c(0,3),type="n",xaxt="n",yaxt="n",xlab="",ylab="")
  drawSimpleChrom(2,3,fill=c("p","q3"),col=c("red","blue"),orientation="v")