Hi Michael,
The reason you found this is because the RefSeq tables for Pan
troglodytes originally included human data as well. This is an artifact
from before we had the 'OtherRefSeq' track, and is being phased out. You
probably caught the last version of those tables that still includes
human data. RefSeq accession numbers are indeed unique. We have updated
the downloads, so you can grab a new, human-free copy.
Sorry for the confusion that caused, hopefully this clears everything up.
Please feel welcome to contact us again with any further inquiries.
Antonio Coelho
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group
Michal Chorev wrote:
> Hello,
>
> While using ftp to download refGene.txt.gz of all current genomes, I found
> out that some of the RefSeq accessions of Homo Sapiens can also be found
> in Pan troglodytes.
> I always thought that Reseq accession are supposed to be unique between
> species, is it not the case?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Michal Chorev
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