Gene names often have single quotes like 5'-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase ATP synthase B' chain ppGpp 3'-pyrophosphohydrolase
so maybe try adding quote="" to the read table options. Chris Stubben -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/R-eat-my-data-tp2230217p2230303.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.