Tutorial Images
Each tutorial consists of configuration and data files to create an image that demonstrates a particular feature of Circos. Some tutorials (e.g. debugging, perl modules) don't have an associated image.
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0 : Installation and Configuration
0.3 Configuration Files - Syntax, Colors, Fonts and Units
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0.6 Required Perl Modules
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0.7 Runtime Parameters
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1 : Quick Start
1.3 Ideogram Selection, Scale, Color & Orientation
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1.6 Axes & Backgrounds
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1.7 Heat Maps & Colors
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1.9 Automation & Macros
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2 : Drawing Ideograms
2.6 Spacing and Axis Breaks
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2.10 Progression and Orientation
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3 : Highlights
3.1 Wedge Highlights
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3.2 Highlight Parameters - Part I - Embedded in Data File
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3.3 Highlight Parameters - Part II - Using z-depth
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3.4 Highlight Parameters - Part III - Radial Position
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3.5 Ideogram Highlights
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3.6 Recipe 1 - Ideogram Highlights
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3.7 Recipe 2 - Focusing on a Genome Region
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3.8 Recipe 3 - Plot Axis Range Highlights
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3.9 Drawing on Top of Data
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4 : Tick Marks, Grids and Labels
4.1 Tick Marks - Basics
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4.2 Tick Marks - Margins
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4.3 Tick Marks - Label Margins
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4.4 Tick Marks - Offsets
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4.8 Ticks at Specific Positions
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5 : Links and Relationships
5.1 Drawing Basic Links
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5.4 Link Rules - Part I
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5.5 Link Rules - Part II
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5.6 Link Rules - Part III
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5.7 Link Rules - Part IV
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5.8 Link Rules - Part V
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6 : 2D Data Tracks
6.12 Putting It All Together
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7 : Axis Scaling
7.1 Global Scale Adjustment
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7.2 Global Relative Scale Adjustment
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7.3 Adjusting Scale for Regions
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7.4 Creating Zoomed Regions
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7.5 Overlapping Zoomed Regions
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7.7 Combining Scales
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7.8 Drawing Data with Scale Adjustment
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8 : Recipes
8.1 Microbial Genome
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8.2 Link Geometry - Detailed Bezier Control
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8.3 Labeling Karyotype Bands
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8.5 Image Transparency and Background
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8.6 Complex Histograms
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8.7 Variable Radius Link Ends
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8.8 Stacked Histograms
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8.9 Transparent Links
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8.13 Copy Number Data
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8.16 Automating Tracks
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8.17 Automating Heatmaps
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8.18 Circular Stacked Bar Plots
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8.19 Cortical Maps—Connectograms
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8.20 Cell Cycle—Part 1
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8.21 Cell Cycle—Part 2
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8.22 Nature Cover Encode Diagram
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9 : Helper Tools
9.1 Generating Random Link Data
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9.2 Reordering Ideograms to Minimize Overlap
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9.5 Visualizing Tabular Data
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9.6 Generate Link Density Tracks
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9.7 Visualizing Categorical Data
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10 : Image Maps
10.1 Image Maps - Introduction and Clickable Ideograms
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10.2 Image Maps - Clickable Cytogenetic Bands
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10.3 Clickable Tick Marks
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10.4 Clickable Highlights and Data
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11 : Reference
11.3 Command Line Parameters
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11.4 Configuration Structure and Syntax
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11.6
<ideogram> block
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11.10
<background> block
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11.14
<patterns> block
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