# MutationalPatterns The MutationalPatterns R package provides a comprehensive set of flexible functions for easy finding and plotting of mutational patterns in base substitution catalogues. Please give credit and cite MutationalPatterns R Package when you use it for your data analysis. The MutationalPatterns paper is published in Genome Medicine [Blokzijl et al. 2018](https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-018-0539-0). Please use [Bioconductor](http://bioconductor.org/packages/MutationalPatterns/) to install this package. In [Introduction to MutationalPatterns](http://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/vignettes/MutationalPatterns/inst/doc/Introduction_to_MutationalPatterns.pdf) you can find comprehensive examples and explanations for the functions this package provides.