genes {made4}R Documentation

Returns an index of the top N variables at the ends of the x and y axes

Description

Returns an index of the top n maximum and minimum values in 2 columns of a matrix or data.frame.

Usage

genes(dudivar,n=5, axis1=1, axis2=2)

Arguments

dudivar

a data frame or matrix with at least two columns, containing the x,y coordinates.

axis1

the column number for the x-axis.

axis2

the column number for the y-axis.

n

n is the number of genes to be extracted.

Details

Genes returns an index of the "top" variables at the ends of the x and y axes. Genes is not normally called by the user but is called by plotgenes()

If you wish to return a table or list of the top genes at the end of an axis, use the function topgenes.

Author(s)

Aedin Culhane

See Also

See Also as plotgenes


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