Hi Greg, Chromosome coordinates are 0-based only *inside* UCSC database tables. Everything that is exposed to the user (e.g. via the web interface) is 1-based.
Cheers, Ivan On Thursday 09 December 2010 03:53:11 pm Gregory Dougherty wrote: > My understanding of UCSC Genome browser location numbers is they're 0-based > start, 1-based end. However, when I look up an rsID, I get something like > this: > > dbSNP: rs10000001 > Position: chr4:112583767-112583767 > > That can't be half-open, since the SNP is of size 1, but end - beginning = > 0. > > So, are rsID positions 1 based, or 0 based? > > Thanks, > > Greg The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. _______________________________________________ Genome maillist - [email protected] https://lists.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
