1st Edition

Visualizing Biological Data with ggplot2

By William G. Vilchez Copyright 2027
250 Pages 136 Color & 1 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

250 Pages 136 Color & 1 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

We are currently living in an era where technology is constantly advancing, which leads to the generation of large volumes and many types of data. Consequently, the ability to transform complex data into clear and attractive visualizations has become essential. Visualizing Biological Data with ggplot2 encourages readers to explore the power of visualization in biology, combining science and art... Read more

Section I: Foundations

Chapter 1: The Science and Art of Data Visualization

Chapter 2: Introduction: Let's Talk about R and RStudio

Chapter 3: The Tidyverse

Section II: Let's Visualize Our Data

Chapter 4: Plots with a continuous X variable

Chapter 5: Plots with two or more continuous variables

Chapter 6: Plots with two variables X - Y: discrete X and continuous Y

Chapter 7: Other plots and tables

Section III: Tips and Strategies for Figure Design

Chapter 8: Labels

Chapter 9: Use of color palette

Chapter 10: Graphics to avoid

Chapter 11: Split-panel figures

Chapter 12: Additional changes to the design of your plot

Section IV: Additional Topics

Chapter 13: Interactive plots

Chapter 14: Export your plots

Appendix A: Exploring more about R

Appendix B: Markdown Tables

Appendix C: Tools for Scientific Illustrations

Biography

William G. Vilchez holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo (Peru) and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil. His main motivation is to use data visualization as a tool to convey information clearly, accurately, and accessibly. Currently, he supports and encourages undergraduate students to use R for data analysis and visualization.