NAME

Bio::Graphics - Generate GD images of Bio::Seq objects

SYNOPSIS

  use Bio::Graphics;

  # get a set of Bio::SeqFeature objects, in this case from AcePerl
  use Ace::Sequence;
  my $db     = Ace->connect(-host=>'brie2.cshl.org',-port=>2005) or die;
  my $cosmid = Ace::Sequence->new(-seq=>'Y16B4A',
                                  -db=>$db,-start=>-15000,-end=>15000) or die;
  my @transcripts = $cosmid->transcripts;

  # let the drawing begin...
  my $panel = Bio::Graphics::Panel->new(
                                      -segment => $cosmid,
                                      -width  => 800
                                     );


  $panel->add_track(arrow => $cosmid,
                  -bump => 0,
                  -tick=>2);

  $panel->add_track(transcript => \@transcripts,
                    -bgcolor   =>  'wheat',
                    -fgcolor   =>  'black',
                    -key       => 'Curated Genes',
                    -bump      =>  +1,
                    -height    =>  10,
                    -label     =>  1);

  my $boxes = $panel->boxes;
  print $panel->png;

DESCRIPTION

Please see Bio::Graphics::Panel for the full API.

SEE ALSO

Bio::Graphics::Panel, Bio::Graphics::Glyph, Bio::SeqI,Bio::SeqFeatureI, Bio::Das,GD

AUTHOR

Lincoln Stein <lstein@cshl.org>.

Copyright (c) 2001 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See DISCLAIMER.txt for disclaimers of warranty.