Table 2 Comparison of existing Galaxy volcano plot tools.

From: GIANT: galaxy-based tool for interactive analysis of transcriptomic data

Volcano plot tool

Tunable

Generic input

Interactive plot

Interactive table

Filter options

Gene labeling

GIANT volcano tool

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

Volcanoplot

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

  

\(\checkmark \)

\(\sim \)

LIMMA-voom5

\(\checkmark \)

 

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

\(\checkmark \)

  1. Compared functionalities from left to right are: tunable tool parameters, generic input, interactivity in generated plots, interactivity in generated tables, input filtering options and labeling of genes in the volcano plot. \(\checkmark \)and \(\sim \) signs indicate that the corresponding functionality is fully and partially available in the volcano tool respectively.(Volcanoplot is available on Galaxy-toolshed : https://toolshed.g2.bx.psu.edu/view/iuc/volcanoplot/73b8cb5bddcd).