<s>
Integrated	B-Application
Genome	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
(	O
IGB	O
)	O
(	O
pronounced	O
Ig-Bee	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
genome	O
browser	O
,	O
a	O
visualization	B-Application
tool	O
used	O
to	O
observe	O
biologically-interesting	O
patterns	O
in	O
genomic	O
data	O
sets	O
,	O
including	O
sequence	O
data	O
,	O
gene	O
models	O
,	O
alignments	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
data	O
from	O
DNA	O
microarrays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Integrated	B-Application
Genome	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
was	O
first	O
developed	O
at	O
Affymetrix	O
for	O
their	O
scientists	O
and	O
public	O
sector	O
collaborators	O
to	O
visualize	O
data	O
from	O
genome-wide	O
tiling	O
arrays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Affymetrix	O
released	O
IGB	O
as	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Genoviz	O
SDK	O
,	O
a	O
graphics	O
library	O
for	O
building	O
genome	O
browser	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
they	O
migrated	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
a	O
git	O
repository	O
at	O
Bitbucket	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Oracle	O
's	O
Java	B-Language
Magazine	O
named	O
the	O
Integrated	B-Application
Genome	I-Application
Browser	I-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGB	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
Genoviz	O
SDK	O
,	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
library	O
that	O
implements	O
key	O
visualization	B-Application
features	O
such	O
as	O
dynamic	O
,	O
real-time	O
zooming	O
and	O
scrolling	O
through	O
a	O
genomic	O
map	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
IGB	O
browser	O
that	O
sets	O
it	O
apart	O
from	O
many	O
similar	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGB	O
is	O
also	O
distinguished	O
by	O
the	O
ease	O
with	O
which	O
individual	O
labs	O
can	O
set	O
up	O
data	O
source	O
servers	O
to	O
share	O
data	O
,	O
notably	O
,	O
via	O
REST-style	O
Web	O
services	O
(	O
Distributed	O
Annotation	O
System	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
simple	O
file-system	O
based	O
approach	O
called	O
QuickLoad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGB	O
reads	O
data	O
in	O
dozens	O
of	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
BAM	O
,	O
BED	O
,	O
Affymetrix	O
CHP	O
,	O
FASTA	B-Application
,	O
GFF	O
,	O
GTF	B-Device
,	O
PSL	O
,	O
SGR	O
,	O
and	O
WIG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
EPS	B-Language
,	O
PostScript	B-Language
,	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
EMF	O
,	O
SVG	B-Application
,	O
SWF	O
,	O
CGM	O
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
PNG	O
,	O
and	O
PPM	O
.	O
</s>
