The Main Window List Panel

List Panel

    The List Panel shows the list of genes in the currently selected cluster (click on the heat map of a cluster to select it). The list is scrollable with the scroll bar on the right of the list, or with the mouse wheel (the wheel must be positioned on the list). The list shows useful information on the genes in the cluster, including their names, descriptions, distance to the center of the cluster ("In"), distance to the center of the closest other cluster ("Out"), a measure of fit of the gene within the cluster ("Fit", computed with the formula (Out-In)/(Out+In)), and the other cluster that is closest to the gene ("Closest") identified by its color code and ID.

    All columns can be sorted by clicking the header of the column, while the red triangle on the right of the column header indicates the sense of the sort (click on the triangle to reverse the sense of the sort, up or down).

Clicking a line in the list selects that gene. The selected gene is shown by a thick green line in the Profile Panel and the gene is marked in the 2D and 3D views.

   Dragging the mouse (with the left button depressed) over several lines in the list highlights those genes in the list, and limits the genes shown in the Profile Panel to these genes only.


    Double-clicking in the table will pop up the raw data window of the selected gene.

Table contextual menu

    A right-click on a line in the gene list brings up a popup menu that allows you to isolate the gene in the 3D view: the representation mode is switched to 3D, and only two clusters are shown, the gene's own and the second closest to it (the "second choice" for the gene). This allows for an extremely convenient way of assessing why a gene was put into a cluster, rather than any other. The popup also lets you show the cluster in the Closest Clusters window and to copy the list into the clipboard.