Hi Liz, The short answer is "yes".
Here are two links that may also help: 1) a description of the fields for wiggle file track headers http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat#format6 2) a description for how coordinates are stored in UCSC's files. Wiggles files are different that some of the other files, as explained in the first link, but knowing about this is important if you are comparing data between tracks: http://genomewiki.ucsc.edu/index.php/Coordinate_Transforms Thanks, Jennfer ------------------------------------------------ Jennifer Jackson UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group ----- "Elizabeth A. Worthey" <[email protected]> wrote: > From: "Elizabeth A. Worthey" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:58:20 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific > Subject: [Genome] phastcon file header > > Hi. In the phastcon files for hg18 I see header lines such as: > > fixedStep chrom=chr6 start=5001 step=1 > > I'm assumming that the start=5001 indicates that the first row > reported > in the file is for the 5001st base in the file, but I wanted to check > and confirm that my assumption is correct. Thanks in advance, > > > > Liz Worthey > > Senior Research Scientist > > Human and Molecular Genetics Center > > Bioinformatics Program > > Medical College of Wisconsin > > [email protected] > > Tel: 414-456-7426 > > Fax:414-456-6595 > > H5142 > > http://rgd.mcw.edu <http://rgd.mcw.edu/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Genome maillist - [email protected] > https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
