Thanks Roe! This helped!
Alberto

On 14/06/2012 17:52, Greg Roe wrote:
> Hi Alberto,
>
> The table you're looking at has some data to help display the track 
> when users are zoomed out, which isn't all that useful to look at. I 
> think what you're wanting can be found on the description page for 
> that track 
> (http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=hg19&g=cons46way). Scroll 
> down (about half-way) to where it says, "Downloads for data in this 
> track are available:". I think you'll find the files you want there.
>
> If you have any additional questions, please reply to: 
> [email protected]
> -
> Greg Roe
> UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group
>
> On 6/4/12 7:06 AM, Alberto de la Fuente wrote:
>> 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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