Correlation Matrix

http://www.livestockgenomics.csiro.au/Genome_to_Phenome/matrix32_blocked.png

This is a correlation matrix for a subset of the top 100 cancer genes. Thick lines indicate blocks: A for extracellular matrix; B for nucleus and cell progression; C for actin cytoskeleton; D for fatty acid metabolism and E for glutamine/glutathioine/oxidative. Stress. This is a study done in Australia and uses multiple sources for its data including the entire Australian National Cancer database.

A correlation matrix is the visual representation of the correlation between two variables.