MetaLook: a 3D visualisation software for marine ecological genomics

Background: Marine ecological genomics can be defined as the application of genomic sciences to understand the structure and function of marine ecosystems. In this field of research, the analysis of genomes and metagenomes of environmental relevance must take into account the corresponding habitat (contextual) data, e.g. water depth, physical and chemical parameters. The creation of specialised software tools and databases is requisite to allow this new kind of integrated analysis. Results: We implemented the MetaLook software for visualisation and analysis of marine ecological genomic and metagenomic data with respect to habitat parameters. MetaLook offers a three-dimensional user interface to interactively visualise DNA sequences on a world map, based on a centralised georeferenced database. The user can define environmental containers to organise the sequences according to different habitat criteria. To find similar sequences, the containers can be queried with either genes from th...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: BMCBI
• Authors: Thierry Lombardot, Renzo Kottmann, Gregory Giuliani, Andrea de Bono, Nans Addor, Frank Oliver Glöckner
• Keywords: BMCBI 2007, Ecological Genomics, Genomic Sciences, Marine Ecological Genomic