TraitCorr - correlating gene expression measurements with phenotypic data

Today, transcriptomes and microarrays can be generated and analysed in high quantity. In addition, experiments often include descriptive information about each sample which needs to be compared to the gene expression profiles. The understanding of the relationships between gene expression and phenotype is introduced as new challenge in system biology. Combining expression (RNA-seq and microarray) and phenotype data could reveal the role or effects of each gene on traits. To address all these needs, the user-interface TraitCorr was developed which allows to determine genes that are significantly correlating with a selected trait. Furthermore, it allows to determine significantly correlated genes among different traits and provides visualisation and analysis possibilities.