{"id":45,"date":"2021-03-24T11:26:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lunarip.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2021-03-27T16:14:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T23:14:18","slug":"visual-strategies-for-biological-data-a-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lunarip.com\/index.php\/visual-strategies-for-biological-data-a-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Strategies for Biological Data &#8211; A review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lunarip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/VisualStrategies.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46\" width=\"209\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lunarip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/VisualStrategies.png 528w, https:\/\/www.lunarip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/VisualStrategies-229x300.png 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently came across a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/products\/nature-products\/nature-collections-visual-strategies-for-biological-data\/\">compilation of columns<\/a> that were originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/nmeth\/\">Nature Methods<\/a>. 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