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A Manhattan plot is a type

of scatter plot, usually used to display data with

a large number of data-points - many of non-zero amplitude, and

with a distribution of higher-magnitude values, for instance

in genome-wide association

studies(GWAS).In

GWAS Manhattan plots, genomic coordinates are displayed along the

X-axis, with the negative logarithm of the

association P-value for

each single nucleotide

polymorphism displayed on the Y-axis. Because

the strongest associations have the

smallest P-values (e.g., 10-15), their negative logarithms will be

the greatest (e.g., 15).

It gains its name from the similarity of such a plot to

the Manhattan skyline:

a profile of skyscrapers towering above the

lower level "buildings" which vary around a lower height

mhtplot()

使用方法：创建mhtOb