Heat map plot

Description

A heat map is a graphical representation of data where the values taken by a variable in a two-dimensional table are represented as colors. It is a false color image with a dendrogram added to the left side and to the top. Reordering of the rows and columns according to some set of values (row or column means) within the restrictions imposed by the dendrogram is carried out.

This module is using the R function "heatmap.2" to draw the heat map plot. The function description can be found here:
http://hosho.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/~kubo/Rdoc/library/gplots/html/heatmap.2.html


Method parameters

Output name
Path of the heat map plot output file.
Output file type
The output file can be "pdf", "svg", "png" or "fig". The height and width of the plot depend on the type of file. In the case of "png" type, the height and width have to be more than 500.
Sample parameter
Description of the samples defined by the user in "Project-> Set sample parameters" section. There has to be at least two groups. One of the groups will be used as a reference group and the rest of the groups will be compared to it.
Group of reference
Name of the group used as a reference by the heat map plot. The rest of the groups defined in the sample parameters will be compared to it
Only identified rows
Only identified rows will be plotted.
Use peak area
If it is selected the peak area will be used to create the heat map plot. If it is not selected peak height will be used.
Scaling
The data will be scaled using the standard deviation of the values of all the rows in each sample.
Log
Log transformation of the data.
Show control samples
The samples in the reference group will be shown if this option is selected. It is only valid when P-value legend is not selected and the individual samples are plotted.
P-value legend
If this option is selected the mean of each group will be compared with the mean of the reference group using T-test. The plot will show the groups instead the individual samples and the significance (depending on the p-value) of their mean differences. If the p-value is less than 0.001, "***" will be printed into the corresponding cell. If the p-value is between than 0.01 and 0.001, "**" will be printed, and if it is between 0.05 and 0.01, "*" will be printed into the corresponding cell.
Size p-value legend
Size of the "*" in the heat map plot.
Height
Height of the heat map plot.
Width
Width of the heat map plot.
Column margin
Column margin of the heat map plot.
Row margin
Row margin of the heat map plot.