R: Difference between heatmap, heatmap.plus and heatmap.2

Question

[Shicheng Guo]

In R, all these 3 functions are powerful. However, is there any different among them. Which one would be applied in the first place?

[dariober]

As if it wasn't enough, there is also pheatmap which I found quite good (but I can't remember the exact reason why...)

[Devon Ryan]

Don't forget heatmap.3, which was introduced elsewhere on this site.

[vivekbhr]

Also, the heatplus package from bioconductor.. we all love heatmaps :)

Answer 1

[vivekbhr]

There are no major differences. heatmap.plus and heatmap.2 both apply hclust as default clustering, but heatmap by default orders by mean.