Hello,

The files are just wiggle files with fixed step format - one datapoint per base.

http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/wiggle.html

I found this out by looking at the header of one of the files: 
chr1_random.phyloP44way.wigFix.gz

fixedStep chrom=chr1_random start=1318 step=1
0.405
0.404
0.405
0.404
.....

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Jennifer Jackson 
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group 

----- [email protected] wrote:

> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 11:36:50 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: [Genome] wig vs wigFix formats
>
> Is there a description of the difference between the .wig and .wigFix
> file formats?
> 
> I would like to compare the phyloP44way vertebrate scores at:
> 
>   
> http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg18/phyloP44way/vertebrate/
> 
> with the scores available from the genome browser (and via hgWiggle
> tools, and the like), to see what effect compression is having on
> score accuracy.
> 
> I would also like to convert the .wigFix file into .bed format. But I
> do not know if I am interpreting the .wigFix file data correctly.
> 
> Thank you in advance for any advice or corrections.
> 
> Regards,
> Alex
> 
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