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## Description

**LoVis4u** is a bioinformatics tool for **Lo**cus **Vis**ualisation and coverage profiles from sequencing experiments.

**Supported genome annotation input**: Genbank, gff3 with sequence    
**Supported coverage profile input**: bedGraph, bigWig  
**Supported output**: Static vector graphics (pdf)   
**Programming language:** Python3   
**OS:** MacOS, Linux  
**Python dependencies:** biopython, bcbio-gff, scipy, configs, pandas, distinctipy, matplotlib, seaborn, reportlab, pyhmmer, progress, requests  
**Python version:** >= 3.8  
**OS-level dependencies:** MMseqs2, bigWigToBedGraph (included in the package)  
**License:** WTFPL  
**Version:** 0.1.5 (May 2025)



**Detailed documentation with user guide is available at [LoVis4u Homepage](https://art-egorov.github.io/lovis4u/)**

## Reference

If you find LoVis4u useful, please cite:  
Artyom. A. Egorov, Gemma C. Atkinson, **LoVis4u: a locus visualization tool for comparative genomics and coverage profiles**, *NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2025, lqaf009, doi: [10.1093/nargab/lqaf009](https://doi.org/10.1093/nargab/lqaf009)*
## Contact

Please contact us by e-mail _artem**dot**egorov**AT**med**dot**lu**dot**se_ or use [Issues](https://github.com/art-egorov/lovis4u/issues?q=) to report any technical problems.  
You can also use [Discussions section](https://github.com/art-egorov/lovis4u/discussions) for sharing your ideas or feature requests! 

## Authors

LoVis4u is developed by Artyom Egorov at [the Atkinson Lab](https://atkinson-lab.com), Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Sweden. We are open for suggestions to extend and improve LoVis4u functionality. Please don't hesitate to share your ideas or feature requests.
