[BioC] plot multiple genes over time

[Thomas Girke]

Here is a simple example for generating line graphs for such data sets:

# Generates a sample data set
y <- as.data.frame(matrix(runif(30), ncol=3, dimnames=list(letters[1:10], LETTERS[1:3]))) 

# Plots a line graph for all columns in data frame 'y'. The 'split.screen()' 
# function is used in this example in a for loop to overlay several line graphs 
# in the same plot.

plot(y[,1], type="l", lwd=2, col="blue") # Plots a line graph instead.
split.screen(c(1,1))
plot(y[,1], ylim=c(0,1), xlab="Measurement", ylab="Intensity", type="l", lwd=2, col=1)

for(i in 2:length(y[1,])) { 
	screen(1, new=FALSE)
        plot(y[,i], ylim=c(0,1), type="l", lwd=2, col=i, xaxt="n", yaxt="n", ylab="", xlab="", main="", bty="n") 
}
close.screen(all=TRUE) 






On Mon 03/31/08 13:11, Mark Kimpel wrote:
> In several papers I have seen a plot which illustrates the value of
> expression of several genes (usually in a cluster) over time. The y axis is
> expression, the x axis is discrete time points, and each of the points for a
> gene are connected by lines so one can easily see a time profile.
> 
> Is there a predefined function for this? If not, what plot parameters do I
> use?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 
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