Abstract
Motivation Pangenomics evolved since its first applications on bacteria, extending from the study of genes for a given population to the study of all of its sequences available. While multiple methods are being developed to construct pangenomes in eukaryotic species there is still a gap for efficient and user-friendly visualization tools. Emerging graph representations comes with their own challenges, and linearity remains a suitable option for user-friendliness.
Results We introduce Panache, a tool for the visualization and exploration of linear representations of gene-based and sequence-based pangenomes. It uses a layout similar to genome browsers to display presence absence variations and additional tracks along a linear axis with a pangenomics perspective.
Availability Panache is available at github.com/SouthGreenPlatform/panache under the MIT License.
Contact eloi.durant{at}ird.fr, m.rouard{at}cgiar.org
Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
Footnotes
Error in the author names, Francois Sabot has no middle name.