Welcome to shinyRER

The shinyRER package was built to display the results of an RERConverge analysis. RERConverge correlates relative evolutionary rates of individual genes to a phenotype. Genes with a high rho correlation are ones whose evolution best correlates with the supplied phenotype. For each gene, a phylogenetic tree is constructed whose relative branch lengths to the average tree signal particular species with an accelerated or diminished evolutionary rate. The results of these analyses are contained in shipping_container.zip and are displayed in the web-based interactive shiny dashboard.

Installation Guide

Follow these steps to install and run the application:

Prerequisites

• A terminal/command line interface
• Internet connection

Installation Steps

1. Install Docker using snap:

   snap install docker

2. Pull the Docker image:

   docker pull dbioinfo/shinyrer

3. Unzip the provided data:

   unzip shipping_container.zip -d tmp/

   This will extract the contents into a directory called tmp/

4. Run the Docker container:

   docker run -p 3838:3838 -v ./tmp:/data dbioinfo/shinyrer

   This command:

   • Maps port 3838 from the container to your local machine
   • Mounts the local tmp/ directory to /data in the container

5. Access the application: Open your web browser and navigate to:

   http://localhost:3838/shinyrer/
   

Troubleshooting

• If you encounter permission issues with Docker, you may need to run the commands with sudo
• Ensure ports are not already in use by another application