plotCtHistogram {HTqPCR}R Documentation

Histrogram of Ct values from qPCR experiments.

Description

The distribution of Ct values for a selected qPCR sample is shown in a histogram.

Usage

plotCtHistogram(q, card = 1, xlab = "Ct", col, main, n = 30, ...)

Arguments

q

an object of class qPCRset.

card

integer, the number of the card (sample) to plot.

xlab

character string, the label for the x-axis.

col

integer or character, the colour for the histogram.

main

character string, the plot title. Default is the name of the sample.

n

integer, number of bins to divide the Ct values into.

...

any other arguments are passed to hist.

Value

A figure is generated in the current graphics device.

Author(s)

Heidi Dvinge

See Also

plotCtDensity or plotCtBoxes for including multiple samples in the same plot.

Examples

# Load example data
data(qPCRraw)
# Create the plots
plotCtHistogram(qPCRraw, card=2)
plotCtHistogram(qPCRraw, card=3, n=50, col="blue")

[Package HTqPCR version 1.34.0 Index]