Patent ID: 8121793

Claim:
A method of representing scalar data comprising expression levels for a plurality of genetic loci collected from biological samples, said method comprising: displaying at least first and second display areas on a display; displaying, in said first display area, an axis dividing said first display area into first and second sub-areas; displaying, in said second display area, first and second axes, said axes being substantially perpendicular to each other; determining with a physical computer system lengths for a plurality of bar graph data depictions for said first and second sub-areas, wherein a length of each bar graph data depiction for said first sub-area represents an expression level of one of the loci of a first biological sample, and a length of each bar graph data depiction for said second sub-area represents an expression level of one of the loci of a second biological sample; displaying, in said first display area, the plurality of bar graph data depictions; and determining with the computer system locations for a plurality of marker data depictions, wherein each marker data depiction corresponds to at least one of said bar graph data depictions, and wherein the distance X of each marker data depiction from said first axis represents an expression level of one of the loci of said first biological sample, and the distance Y of each marker data depiction from said second axis represents an expression level of one of the loci of said second biological sample; displaying, in said second display area, the plurality of marker data depictions, wherein the plurality of marker data depictions and the plurality of bar graph data depictions are displayed substantially simultaneously; and receiving an input indicating a selection of one of the data depictions in one of the display areas, and highlighting the corresponding data depiction in the other display area.