Panache: a Web Browser-Based Viewer for Linearized Pangenomes

Abstract

MotivationPangenomics 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. ResultsWe 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. AvailabilityPanache is available at github.com/SouthGreenPlatform/panache under the MIT License. Contacteloi.durant@ird.fr, m.rouard@cgiar.org