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adamewing / methylartist

Tools for plotting methylation data in various ways
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Displaying BED Files as Separate Tracks #93

Open mllamasl opened 1 week ago

mllamasl commented 1 week ago

It would be a great option to extend the current BED file highlighting functionality --highlight_bed to allow BED files to be displayed as separate tracks, as for example if you want to see CpG islands. This feature would be very useful for users to visualize regions of interest alongside methylation data in distinct panels.

Thanks for this amazing tool! María

adamewing commented 1 week ago

Thank you for using it! Do you mean an option to view multiple .bed files such that they're each shown in their own track?

mllamasl commented 1 week ago

Yes, exactly! To clarify further, I've attached a figure that ilustrates what I have in mind.

testing_methylartist+bed_track

Each .bed file would be shown in its own track, similar to how CpG islands are shown in this figure. Another example that came to my mind could be a bed file with repetitive elements, allowing users to easily spot regions with different methylation patterns.

Thanks again for your quick response, María