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  Fri Sep 25 09:01:51 2020 -0700
improved color code descriptions refs #25424

diff --git src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/dbVarCommon.html src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/dbVarCommon.html
index a386a35..f619a9a 100644
--- src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/dbVarCommon.html
+++ src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/dbVarCommon.html
@@ -43,42 +43,49 @@
 <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbvar/studies/nstd186">Variants</a> with AF &gt;= 0.01 for 
 Global Population.</li>
 <li><b>NCBI Curated Common SVs: all populations from gnomAD - </b>
 <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbvar/studies/nstd186">Variants</a> with AF &gt;= 0.01 from 
 gnomAD Structural Variants.</li>
 <li><b>NCBI Curated Common SVs: all populations from 1000 Genomes - </b>
 <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbvar/studies/nstd186">Variants</a> with AF &gt;= 0.01 from 
 1000 Genomes Consortium Phase 3 Integrated SV.</li>
 <li><b>NCBI Curated Common SVs: all populations from DECIPHER -</b>
 <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbvar/studies/nstd186">Variants</a> with AF &gt;= 0.01 from 
 DECIPHER Consensus CNVs.</li>
 </ul>
 </p>
 
 <h2>Display Conventions and Configuration</h2>
-Items in all subtracks follow the same conventions: items are shaded according to variant type. 
+Items in all subtracks follow the same conventions: items are colored by variant type, and are 
+based on the dbVar colors described in the 
+<a target="_blank" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbvar/content/overview/">dbVar Overview page</a>. 
 <b><font color="red">Red</font></b> for copy number loss or deletion,
-<b><font color="blue">blue</font></b> for copy number gain or duplication and
-<b><font color="#662180">violet</font></b> for copy number variation. Mouseover on items indicates
-Allele Frequencies (AF). All tracks can be filtered according to the Variant Size and Variant Type.
+<b><font color="blue">blue</font></b> for copy number gain or duplication, and
+<b><font color="#662180">violet</font></b> for copy number variation. 
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<b>Mouseover</b> on items indicates genes affected, size, variant type, and allele frequencies (AF). 
+All tracks can be filtered according to the <b>Variant Size</b> and <b>Variant Type</b>.
+</p>
 
 <h2>Data Access</h2>
 The raw data can be explored interactively with the 
 <a href="https://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTables">Table Browser</a>, or the
 <a href="https://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgIntegrator">Data Integrator</a>. For automated analysis,
 the data may be queried from our <a href="https://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/api.html">REST API</a>.
-The data can also be found directly from the dbVar nstd186 <a target=_blank 
+The data can also be found directly from the dbVar nstd186 <a target="_blank" 
 href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/dbvar/content/common_summary/#data_access">data access</a>.
 For questions about dbVar track data, please contact <em>dbvar@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov</em>.
 </p>
 
 <h2>Credits</h2>
 <p>
 Thanks to the dbVAR team at NCBI, especially Timothy Hefferon for technical coordination and
 consultation, and to Christopher Lee, Anna Benet-Pages, and Maximilian Haeussler 
 of the Genome Browser team for engineering the track display. 
 </p>
 
 <h2>References</h2>
 <p>
 Lappalainen I, Lopez J, Skipper L, Hefferon T, Spalding JD, Garner J, Chen C, Maguire M, Corbett M,
 Zhou G <em>et al</em>.