Patent ID: 7774175

Claim:
An apparatus for displaying genetic information, the apparatus being configured to allow a graphical representation of genes that enables a comparison between genes based on their interaction, comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire, for a gene in a tissue of an organism, a predetermined-conditions-expression level ratio that is a ratio between a reference expression level in a predetermined state of the tissue and a first expression level under first conditions in a specific state that differs from the predetermined state of the tissue, and an other-conditions-expression level ratio that is a ratio between the reference expression level and a second expression level under second conditions in the specific state of the tissue; and a displaying unit with a display screen; and a display controller configured to control the displaying unit to display on the display screen the predetermined-conditions-expression level ratio and the first expression level with a first diagram that is part of a graph, and the other-conditions-expression level ratio and the second expression level with a second diagram that is part of the graph, wherein the graph is a pie chart, and the first diagram and the second diagram are a first pie and a second sector, respectively, in the pie chart, wherein the first diagram is a diagram in which the predetermined-conditions-expression level ratio is represented as a first central angle of the first pie sector, and the first expression level is represented as a first radius of the first pie sector, and the second diagram is a diagram in which the other-conditions-expression level ratio is represented as a second central angle of the second pie sector, and the second expression level is represented as a second radius of the second pie sector, and the acquiring unit acquires coordinate data that indicate a location of the gene on a network diagram relating to gene expression control, and the display controller controls the displaying unit so as to display the network diagram on the display screen, wherein the network diagram is represented by image data relating to each gene and an arrow in the image data indicates a direction of interactions relating to expression control, a gene from which the arrow originates controlling an expression in a different gene at a tip of the arrow, and displays the graph at the location on the network diagram specified by the coordinate data.