Hello, I am going to make a few assumptions, so please correct me if/where needed:
For hg18, the dbSNP database is current and available. For hg19, the dbSNP database has not been released yet (several months until the official version will be published, then we have to map, test, etc.) But, for hg19, a provisional version of the dbSNP database has been released and is under consideration by the group. Whether we put this on our test server only or on the published, regular browser web site is still being discussed. If you absolutely need hg19 dbSNP information, you can try to use the liftOver function (home page -> Utilities -> Batch Coordinate Conversion) also known as hgLiftOver. SNPs are tricky since they describe variation for bases or short regions in the genomic backbone, which is what a new release represents (changes to the genomic backbone). This is why it takes time to "update" dbSNP at the source. LiftOver is also available as a unix tool. Please let us know if you want/need instructions to get started with that, Thanks, Jennifer ------------------------------------------------ Jennifer Jackson UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group ----- "Emily Chen" <[email protected]> wrote: > From: "Emily Chen" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:02:46 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: [Genome] SNP database > > Hello, > > My name is Emily Chen and I'm with the Knowles lab at the Zilkha > Neurogenetic Institute at the University of Southern California. Can > you > please tell me when the "SNP" database will be up and running again > for > primer re-design? > > Thank you, > Emily Chen > _______________________________________________ > Genome maillist - [email protected] > https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
