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Plot catalogue · Annotation and coordinates

Name the structures and the scale

These tracks turn coordinates into biological objects a reader can point at: genes, transcripts, open reading frames, codons, base positions and the keys needed to decode the rest of a figure.

6 track types2 coordinate rulers
Gene and interval annotations under a genomic signal IntervalsFeatureTrackGenes, exons, repeats or primers packed into non-overlapping rows with strand-aware shapes.Open reference Transcription units with starts, leaders and terminators RNA spanTranscriptionUnitTrackStart site, 5′ leader and terminator shown as one transcriptional claim rather than separate features.Open reference Six reading frames with stops and open stretches Six reading framesOrfTrackForward and reverse open stretches partitioned by stop codons without pretending they are annotations.Open reference Aligned figures with shared quantitative and coordinate axes Base coordinatesAxisTrackA 1-based human-readable ruler with round steps and one consistent bp, kb or Mb unit.Open reference Numbered codons and translated residues under variant calls Protein coordinatesCodonTrackA strand-aware codon ruler that lets a genomic figure be referenced as S450L or V600E.Open reference A manuscript sheet using shared categorical symbols and legends Visual keyLegendTrackA stackable legend band that wraps instead of covering data or dropping entries.Open reference

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an interval that exists independently FeatureTrack
one RNA molecule from start to termination TranscriptionUnitTrack
possible coding stretches in unannotated sequence OrfTrack
genomic positions a reader can type elsewhere AxisTrack
residue numbering and codon boundaries CodonTrack
the meaning of colours, symbols or line styles LegendTrack