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 ..... ------------------------------------------------ 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Genome maillist - [email protected] > https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
