Fig. 3From: Visualizing genome and systems biology: technologies, tools, implementation techniques and trends, past, present and futureVisualization for genome biology. a Timeline of the emergence of relevant technologies and concepts. b A typical normal human karyotype. c Visualization of BLAST hits and alignment of orthologous genes for the human TP53 gene. d The human TP53 gene and its annotations visualized by the UCSC genome browser. e Visualization of a de novo genome assembly from its DNA fragments. f Examples of balanced and unbalanced genomic rearrangements. g Hypothetical visualization of genomic structural variations across timeBack to article page