DNA features viewer: A sequence annotation formatting and plotting library for Python

Abstract

Motivation: Although the Python programming language counts many Bioinformatics and Computational Biology libraries; none offers customizable sequence annotation visualizations with layout optimization. Results: DNA Features Viewer is a sequence annotation plotting library which optimizes plot readability while letting users tailor other visual aspects (colors, labels, highlights etc.) to their particular use case. Availability and implementation: Open-source code and documentation are available on Github under the MIT license (https://github.com/Edinburgh-Genome-Foundry/DnaFeaturesViewer).