Correction in my last paragraph:

For usage of the parameters (Q/T), considering file hg18ToRn4.over.chain

the query is (rn4) 

and

the target is (hg18) 

Very easy to mix up - Jenn

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Jennifer Jackson 
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group 

----- "Jennifer Jackson" <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: "Jennifer Jackson" <[email protected]>
> To: "Zhi-Qiang Ye" <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Sent: Monday, November 9, 2009 9:04:12 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [Genome] confused by the help of liftover
>
> Hello,
> 
> The wording is confusing, but it has to do with the way that the data
> is processed. For practical purposes, use the command line like this:
> 
> liftOver hg18_oldFile hg18ToRn4.over.chain rn4_newFile unMapped
> 
> where the over.chain file is the liftOver file from Downloads
> 
> hg18_oldFile are the coordinates from hg18 that are known and that you
> want to map
> 
> rn4_newFile are the coordinates from rn4 that are unknown and that you
> want to find out, based on the files above. Note that you are
> supplying a file name here - no data or actual file should exist at
> the time the command is first run.
> 
> unMapped are the coordinates from hg18_oldFile that were unable to be
> mapped using the over.chain file and the parameters supplied to the
> program. For cross-species liftOver, we general lower -minmatch=0.1
> and add in -multiple, to maximise the number of locations mapped,
> however this can produce a large number of spurious hits. Try also
> adding in a -minChain or -minSize length for either the query (hg18)
> or the target (rn4) -  300, 500, or 1000 -  test and see which work
> best for you to reduce the unwanted noise from short or non-specific
> matches. Or, run a few cycles, starting out strict, then making the
> parameters more permissive with the unMapped set based on the failure
> reason.
> 
> We hope this helps.
> Jennifer Jackson
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> Jennifer Jackson
> UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group
> 
> ----- "Zhi-Qiang Ye" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > From: "Zhi-Qiang Ye" <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2009 5:53:39 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada
> Pacific
> > Subject: [Genome] confused by the help of liftover
> >
> > Dear sir,
> >
> >       I am confused by the help of liftover concerning the
> map.chain:
> >
> > usage:
> >    liftOver oldFile map.chain newFile unMapped
> > "The map.chain file has the old genome as the __target__ and the new
> > genome
> > as the __query__"
> >
> > If I want to map from hg18 to rn4, does this mean that I should
> > download
> > "rn4ToHg18.over.chain" ?
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
> > Zhi-Qiang Ye
> > Ph.D in Bioinformatics
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