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Manhattan plot

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A type of bar graph, 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 genome-wide association studies.

It gains its name from the similarity of such a plot to the Manhattan skyline: A profile of skyscrapers, often in clusters, with lower space separating them.