Patent ID: 7475087

Claim:
A method for displaying contig-component relationships comprising: a. providing EST data from a plurality of EST source libraries wherein, the EST data comprises: ESTs, their library of origin, and their membership in an assembled contig; b. providing a multi-dimensional display comprising a circular figure, wherein, loci representing each source library comprising the plurality of EST source libraries, are distributed about the periphery of the circular figure; c. assembling contigs by removing EST redundancy, and aligning and clustering ESTs that comprise the plurality of EST source libraries, using an assembly algorithm, thereby producing assembled contigs; d. plotting at least one symbol within the multidimensional display, corresponding to at least one assembled contig, wherein the at least one symbol is positioned within the multidimensional display according to relative contributions of ESTs from the source libraries used to assemble the at least one contig; thereby displaying contig-component relationships by positioning the at least one symbol corresponding to the at least one assembled contig within the multi-dimensional display, at a point within an area located between the loci representing the EST source libraries that contributed to assembly of the at least one contig.