Hello Matt, The file you are looking for is in this directory: http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg17/liftOver/
I will get back to you on the liftOver executable. Meanwhile here are some versions of it: http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/admin/exe/ and here is our FAQ on downloading the source: http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQlicense#license3 I hope this information is helpful to you. Please don't hesitate to contact us again if you require further assistance. Kayla Smith UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group Matthew Hill wrote: > To whom it may concern: > I am confused. I am looking for the lift over files for hg17 to hg18. I > navigated to this page and the instructions at the top seem to make perfect > sense. However, the lift over files listed on this page seem to all indicate > lift overs from hg18 (exclusively) to various other species, which I don't > really understand. How could there be a lift over of the human genome to the > coordinates of the other species? The file I need, which is the lift over > from hg17 to hg18, is absent. > > Where might I obtain this file? > > Please forgive me if I've just completely misunderstood. > > > Also, all of the lift over executables for Mac OS are for the PowerPC, is > there a x86 version or can I just use the executable for linux, which is > designed for x86? > > Thank you in advance for you assistance. > > Kindest regards, > Matt Hill > > -- > Dr. Matthew Hill > Senior Scientist > Gene Security Network, Inc. > www.genesecurity.net > 650-714-5389 > _______________________________________________ > Genome maillist - [email protected] > http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome > From - Thu _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
