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The chrom alias mechanism functions automatically in the genome browser for custom | The chrom alias mechanism functions automatically in the genome browser for custom | ||
track data and | track data and assembly hub data. It will convert chromosome names in the submitted | ||
naming schemes to the names used in the assembly in the genome browser. | custom track data from alternate naming schemes to the names used in the assembly in the genome browser. | ||
== Format == | == Format == | ||
The first line of the chromAlias.txt file begins with the pound symbol # | The first line of the '''chromAlias.txt''' file begins with the pound symbol '''#''' | ||
followed by a blank space. Subsequent words, separated by a tab character, | followed by a blank space. Subsequent words, separated by a tab character, | ||
on this first line are the identification of the source authority for names | on this first line are the identification of the source authority for names | ||
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== Example == | == Example == | ||
# ucsc assembly genbank ncbi refseq | # ucsc assembly genbank ncbi refseq ensembl | ||
chr1 1 CM000663.2 1 NC_000001.11 | chr1 1 CM000663.2 1 NC_000001.11 1 | ||
chr10 10 CM000672.2 10 NC_000010.11 | chr10 10 CM000672.2 10 NC_000010.11 10 | ||
chrX X CM000685.2 X NC_000023.11 | chrM MT J01415.2 MT NC_012920.1 MT | ||
chrX X CM000685.2 X NC_000023.11 X | |||
In this example the columns are: | In this example, the columns are: | ||
# ucsc - UCSC style '''chrN''' names | # ucsc - UCSC style '''chrN''' names | ||
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# ncbi - from '''chr2acc''' file in '''assembly_structure/''' hierarchy | # ncbi - from '''chr2acc''' file in '''assembly_structure/''' hierarchy | ||
# refseq - names from RefSeq annotations | # refseq - names from RefSeq annotations | ||
# ensembl - names from Ensembl assembly | |||
== | == assembly hub == | ||
To use the chromAlias.txt file in | To use the chromAlias.txt file in an assembly hub, in the '''genome''' stanza, specify | ||
chromAlias thisGenome.chromAlias.txt | chromAlias thisGenome.chromAlias.txt | ||
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'''chromAlias.as''' and '''chromAlias.bb''' file. | '''chromAlias.as''' and '''chromAlias.bb''' file. | ||
Specify the chromAlias.bb file in '''genome''' stanza of the '''hub.txt''' definition: | Specify the '''chromAlias.bb''' file in '''genome''' stanza of the '''hub.txt''' definition: | ||
chromAliasBb GCF_000001405.39.chromAlias.bb | |||
instead of the '''chromAlias.txt''' file. | instead of the '''chromAlias.txt''' file and not using the '''chromAlias''' specification. | ||
== set default == | |||
A default naming scheme can be set in the hub.txt file with the '''chromAuthority''' setting: | |||
chromAuthority ucsc | |||
Where the name specified, in this example '''ucsc''' is the column header from | |||
the chromAlias.txt file. This will cause the names in that column to be | |||
the display names in the genome browser. | |||
Latest revision as of 00:01, 15 February 2024
Usage
The chrom alias mechanism functions automatically in the genome browser for custom track data and assembly hub data. It will convert chromosome names in the submitted custom track data from alternate naming schemes to the names used in the assembly in the genome browser.
Format
The first line of the chromAlias.txt file begins with the pound symbol # followed by a blank space. Subsequent words, separated by a tab character, on this first line are the identification of the source authority for names in that column of the file. The first column set of names are the names of sequences used in the genome browser sequence. Subsequent columns are alternate naming schemes.
The lines following that first column header title line are columns of sequence names separated by a tab character. For the case of no equivalent name in that name space, the column is empty, there will be two adjacent tab characters.
Example
# ucsc assembly genbank ncbi refseq ensembl chr1 1 CM000663.2 1 NC_000001.11 1 chr10 10 CM000672.2 10 NC_000010.11 10 chrM MT J01415.2 MT NC_012920.1 MT chrX X CM000685.2 X NC_000023.11 X
In this example, the columns are:
- ucsc - UCSC style chrN names
- assembly - names from NCBI file assembly_report.txt
- genbank - INSDC names
- ncbi - from chr2acc file in assembly_structure/ hierarchy
- refseq - names from RefSeq annotations
- ensembl - names from Ensembl assembly
assembly hub
To use the chromAlias.txt file in an assembly hub, in the genome stanza, specify
chromAlias thisGenome.chromAlias.txt
which is a relative path reference from this hub.txt file.
For example:
genome GCF_000001405.39 taxId 9606 groups groups.txt description human twoBitPath GCF_000001405.39.2bit twoBitBptUrl GCF_000001405.39.2bit.bpt chromSizes GCF_000001405.39.chrom.sizes.txt chromAlias GCF_000001405.39.chromAlias.txt organism human defaultPos chr1:82985474-82995474 scientificName Homo sapiens htmlPath html/GCF_000001405.39_GRCh38.p13.description.html
Working examples:
hub.txt chromAlias.txt
best performance
For best usage performance, the chromAlias.txt file can be converted to a bigBed format file to allow appropriate searching for names without reading the entire text file. This is important for assemblies with high count numbers of sequences. The perl script:
aliasTextToBed.pl
can convert the chromAlias.txt file into a bed file and the bigBed file:
aliasTextToBed.pl -chromSizes=asmId.chrom.sizes -aliasText=asmId.chromAlias.txt \ -aliasBed=asmId.chromAlias.bed -aliasAs=asmId.chromAlias.as -aliasBigBed=asmId.chromAlias.bb
The inputs are the chrom.sizes and the chromAlias.txt files, the outputs are the chromAlias.bed, chromAlias.as and chromAlias.bb file.
Specify the chromAlias.bb file in genome stanza of the hub.txt definition:
chromAliasBb GCF_000001405.39.chromAlias.bb
instead of the chromAlias.txt file and not using the chromAlias specification.
set default
A default naming scheme can be set in the hub.txt file with the chromAuthority setting:
chromAuthority ucsc
Where the name specified, in this example ucsc is the column header from the chromAlias.txt file. This will cause the names in that column to be the display names in the genome browser.
