Hello,

For both PhyloP and PhyloCons the tables have the same format. What I 
understand is that  conservation for elements of 1024 bases is provided. 
What I am not sure of is what"sumData" provides. This smaller this 
number, the more conserved the element is? I don't see any explanation 
on the Genome Browser website :(

Where can I download the actual scores which PhastCons and PhyloP provided?

Thanks,

Alberto


On 04/06/2012 13:16, Adam Siepel wrote:
> Hi Alberto -- good to hear from you!  I hope all is well.
> Your question is about the "wiggle" tracks in the browser more than 
> about phyloP and phastCons, and would probably be better addressed to 
> the browser staff.  But I believe sumData is just the sum of the 
> basewise scores in a 1Kb block, and is only used to expedite bulk 
> statistical calculations.  It's not generated or used by the 
> conservation programs.  The scores themselves are stored in a 
> separate, binary file known as a "wib" file.  These can be downloaded 
> from UCSC in binary or text form.
> Adam
>
> On Jun 4, 2012, at 4:44 AM, Alberto de la Fuente wrote:
>
>> Dear Adam,
>>
>>
>> I have a question about the tables you provided to the Genome browser.
>> For both PhyloP and PhyloCons the tables have the following format. 
>> What I understand is that  conservation for elements of 1024 bases is 
>> provided. What I am not sure of is what"sumData" provides. This 
>> smaller this number, the more conserved the element is? I don't see 
>> any explanation on the Genome Browser website :(
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alberto
>>
>> field        example         SQL type        description
>> bin  585     smallint(5) unsigned    Indexing field to speed chromosome 
>> range queries.
>> chrom        chr1    varchar(255)    Reference sequence chromosome or 
>> scaffold
>> chromStart   10917   int(10) unsigned        Start position in chromosome
>> chromEnd     11941   int(10) unsigned        End position in chromosome
>> name         chr1.0  varchar(255)    Name of item
>> span         1       int(10) unsigned        each value spans this many bases
>> count        1024    int(10) unsigned        number of values in this block
>> offset       0       int(10) unsigned        offset in File to fetch data
>> file         /gbdb/hg19/multiz46way/phas...  varchar(255)    path name to 
>> data 
>> file, one byte per value
>> lowerLimit   0.002   double  lowest data value in this block
>> dataRange    0.34    double  lowerLimit + dataRange = upperLimit
>> validCount   1024    int(10) unsigned        number of valid data values in 
>> this block
>> sumData      126.353         double  sum of the data points, for average and 
>> stddev calc
>> sumSquares   26.4071         double  sum of data points squared, for stddev 
>> calc
>>
>>      
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Alberto de la Fuente
>> Senior Researcher
>> CRS4 Bioinformatica
>> http://www.bioinformatica.crs4.it/
>> http://biowiki.crs4.it/biowiki/AlbertodelaFuente
>> CRS4 Bioinformatica c/o Parco Tecnologico della Sardegna
>> Edificio 3 Loc. Piscina Manna
>> 09010 PULA (CA) ITALY
>> Tel: +39 070 9250 433
>> Fax: +39 070 9243 3200
>

-- 
Alberto de la Fuente
Senior Researcher
CRS4 Bioinformatica
http://www.bioinformatica.crs4.it/
http://biowiki.crs4.it/biowiki/AlbertodelaFuente
CRS4 Bioinformatica c/o Parco Tecnologico della Sardegna
Edificio 3 Loc. Piscina Manna
09010 PULA (CA) ITALY
Tel: +39 070 9250 433
Fax: +39 070 9243 3200

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