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Matplotlib

Definition
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Matplotlib is a foundational Python plotting library for static, publication-quality figures.

Topics
Programming
URL
https://matplotlib.org/
Related
Manhattan Plot Python Quantile-quantile plot (QQ plot)

Why it matters in GWAS

Summary-statistics QC notebooks, supplementary figures, and tools such as Jupyter Notebook pipelines often rely on Matplotlib (directly or via seaborn and domain packages) to reproduce association overviews and calibration checks.

Example usage

"We styled the Manhattan plot in Matplotlib with per-chromosome colors and saved a vector PDF for the supplement."

Manhattan Plot Python Quantile-quantile plot (QQ plot) Regional Plot seaborn Volcano Plot
Related-term network

Click any node to open that term page.

Node order. The current term is first. Next come every page linked from Related terms, in the same top-to-bottom order as that list. Then new terms appear in two-hop layers: for each of those direct neighbors (in that same order), their related terms are appended if not already listed. A third pass does the same for two-hop nodes. The walk stops when a fixed maximum number of nodes is reached.

References

  • Hunter JD. (2007). Matplotlib: A 2D graphics environment. Comput Sci Eng.
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