Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Similarity Plots

Similarity grids are visualization tools used to compare likeness between two differing entities. Using a color gradient to represent high-to-low similarity, it becomes simple to see how alike the two observations in question are. This matrix compares the phenotypes of ten different bacterial strains. The scale on the right indicates percent similarity between each strain. For example, strain 7 is from 30-39 % similar to strain 3.

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