| name | bio-data-visualization-genome-tracks |
| description | Create genome browser-style visualizations showing multiple data tracks (coverage, peaks, genes) using pyGenomeTracks, Gviz, and IGV. Use when visualizing genomic data at specific loci with multiple aligned tracks. |
| tool_type | mixed |
| primary_tool | pyGenomeTracks |
Genome Track Visualization
pyGenomeTracks (Python/CLI)
cat > tracks.ini << 'EOF'
[bigwig]
file = coverage.bw
title = Coverage
height = 4
color =
min_value = 0
[spacer]
height = 0.5
[peaks]
file = peaks.bed
title = Peaks
color =
height = 2
labels = false
[spacer]
height = 0.5
[genes]
file = genes.gtf
title = Genes
height = 5
fontsize = 10
style = flybase
color =
[x-axis]
EOF
pyGenomeTracks --tracks tracks.ini --region chr1:1000000-2000000 \
--outFileName tracks.png --dpi 150
pyGenomeTracks with Multiple Samples
[sample1 coverage]
file = sample1.bw
title = Sample 1
height = 3
color =
min_value = 0
max_value = auto
[sample2 coverage]
file = sample2.bw
title = Sample 2
height = 3
color =
min_value = 0
max_value = auto
[sample1 peaks]
file = sample1_peaks.narrowPeak
title = Sample 1 Peaks
color =
height = 1
file_type = narrowPeak
[sample2 peaks]
file = sample2_peaks.narrowPeak
title = Sample 2 Peaks
color =
height = 1
file_type = narrowPeak
pyGenomeTracks Programmatic
import pygenometracks.tracks as pygtk
tracks = pygtk.PlotTracks('tracks.ini', fig_width=40, dpi=150)
tracks.plot('output.png', 'chr1', 1000000, 2000000)
Gviz (R)
library(Gviz)
library(GenomicRanges)
gtrack <- GenomeAxisTrack()
itrack <- IdeogramTrack(genome = 'hg38', chromosome = 'chr1')
library(TxDb.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38.knownGene)
txdb <- TxDb.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg38.knownGene
grtrack <- GeneRegionTrack(txdb, genome = 'hg38', chromosome = 'chr1',
name = 'Genes', transcriptAnnotation = 'symbol')
dtrack <- DataTrack(range = 'coverage.bw', genome = 'hg38', chromosome = 'chr1',
name = 'Coverage', type = col.histogram
atrack AnnotationTrack genome chromosome
name fill
plotTracksitrack gtrack dtrack atrack grtrack
from to sizes
Gviz with Multiple Samples
dtrack1 <- DataTrack(range = 'sample1.bw', name = 'Sample1', col = '#4DBBD5')
dtrack2 <- DataTrack(range = 'sample2.bw', name = 'Sample2', col = '#E64B35')
overlay <- OverlayTrack(trackList = list(dtrack1, dtrack2))
plotTracks(list(gtrack, overlay, grtrack), from = 1000000, to = 2000000,
type = 'histogram', legend = TRUE)
Gviz Customization
ht <- HighlightTrack(trackList = list(dtrack, atrack),
start = c(1200000, 1500000),
end = c(1300000, 1600000),
chromosome = 'chr1')
displayPars(dtrack) <- list(
background.title = '#3C5488',
fontcolor.title = 'white',
col.axis = 'black',
ylim = c(0, 100)
)
plotTracks(list(gtrack, ht, grtrack from to
IGV.js (Web)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/igv@3.0.0/dist/igv.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="igv-div"></div>
<script>
var options = {
genome: "hg38",
locus: "chr1:1,000,000-2,000,000",
tracks: [
{
name: "Coverage",
url: "coverage.bw",
type: "wig",
color: "#4DBBD5"
},
{
name: "Peaks",
url: "peaks.bed",
type: "annotation",
color: "#E64B35"
}
]
};
igv.createBrowser(document.getElementById('igv-div'), options);
</script>
Create BigWig from BAM
bamCoverage -b sample.bam -o coverage.bw \
--binSize 10 --normalizeUsing RPKM --effectiveGenomeSize 2913022398
bedtools genomecov -bg -ibam sample.bam > coverage.bedGraph
sort -k1,1 -k2,2n coverage.bedGraph > coverage.sorted.bedGraph
bedGraphToBigWig coverage.sorted.bedGraph chrom.sizes coverage.bw
Multi-Region Plot
pyGenomeTracks --tracks tracks.ini --BED regions.bed \
--outFileName multi_region.pdf --dpi 150
regions <- GRanges(seqnames = 'chr1', ranges = IRanges(start = c(1e6, 2e6), end = c(1.5e6, 2.5e6)))
pdf('multi_region.pdf', width = 10, height = 8)
for (i in seq_along(regions)) {
plotTracks(track_list, from = start(regions[i]), to = end(regions[i]))
}
dev.off(
Related Skills
- genome-intervals/bigwig-tracks - BigWig file handling
- chip-seq/chipseq-visualization - ChIP-specific tracks
- hi-c-analysis/hic-visualization - Hi-C contact maps
