Wonderful Dylan, exactly the type of answer I was hoping for!
:)

(p.s: I would still be glad to read more replies if anyone has anything of
value to add)

Thanks,
Tal


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On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Dylan Beaudette
<dylan.beaudette@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The 'aqp' package originally used the subplot function to add images
> to to a dendrogram plot. I have since changed to use base graphics
> primitives, as the results tend to scale better. I avoided the use of
> 'layout' because sometimes it is convenient to add further
> embellishments  that transcend panels in the figure. Have a look at
> some of the code in this package, it is on R-Forge:
>
> http://aqp.r-forge.r-project.org/
>
> Cheers,
> Dylan
>
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 4:34 AM, Tal Galili <tal.galili@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I would like to recreate the plot shown here (from a useR 2009
> > presentation):
> > http://www.agrocampus-ouest.fr/math/useR-2009/abstracts/pdf/Hocking.pdf
> >
> > I downloaded the code for that image, and discovered that it relies on
> > external web services, and also having PERL installed on the computer.
> >
> > I believe this could be done "locally" using the "seqLogo"
> function/package
> > (see http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/2.2/bioc/html/seqLogo.html),
> > combined with the subplot function (from the "TeachingDemos" package).
> >
> > So my questions are:
> > 1) Might there be other packages/functions that I are more fitting for
> the
> > task of recreating this plot ?
> > 2) Can someone give some pointers on how the subplot function could be
> used
> > to create such an image ? (I am not sure how to create such a
> > layout, especially when it needs to be dynamic to the number of cluster
> > choosen)
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help,
> > Best,
> > Tal
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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