Abstract
The University of California, Santa Cruz Genome
Browser (http://genome.ucsc.edu) offers online access
to a database of genomic sequence and annotation data
for a wide variety of organisms. The Browser also has
many tools for visualizing, comparing and analyzing
both publicly available and user-generated genomic data
sets, aligning sequences and uploading user data. Among
the features released this year are a gene search tool
and annotation track drag-reorder functionality as well
as support for BAM and BigWig/BigBed file formats. New
display enhancements include overlay of multiple wiggle
tracks through use of transparent coloring, options for
displaying transformed wiggle data, a
‘mean+whiskers’ windowing function for display of
wiggle data at high zoom levels, and more color schemes
for microarray data. New data highlights include seven
new genome assemblies, a Neandertal genome data portal,
phenotype and disease association data, a human RNA
editing track, and a zebrafish Conservation track. We
also describe updates to existing tracks.
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