527b4f1bb8292897bb4147adfcef183c4e2084ff gperez2 Tue Aug 1 10:08:56 2023 -0700 Announcing the Track Duplication feature, refs #30365 diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html index d487a2b..0418505 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/newsarch.html @@ -50,30 +50,65 @@ </div> </div> <p>You can sign-up to get these announcements via our <a target=_blank href="https://groups.google.com/a/soe.ucsc.edu/g/genome-announce?hl=en">Genome-announce</a> email list. We send around one short announcement email every two weeks.</p> <p>Smaller software changes are not announced here. A summary of the three-weekly release changes can be <a target=_blank href="https://genecats.gi.ucsc.edu/builds/versions.html">here</a>. For the full list of our daily code changes head to <a href="https://github.com/ucscGenomeBrowser/kent/commits/master" target=_blank>our GitHub page</a>.</p> <!-- ============= 2023 archived news ============= --> <a name="2023"></a> + + +<a name="080123"></a> +<h2>Aug. 1, 2023 New ability to create duplicate tracks</h2> +<p> +We are pleased to announce the new Duplicating track feature, which allows a copy of a track to +have its own independent settings and be used for multiple display views.</p> +<div class="text-center"> + <a href="http://genome.ucsc.edu/s/gperez2/RM_30365" target="_blank"> + <img src="../images/duplicateDisplay.png" width="300"></a> +</div> +<p> +You can have multiple duplicates of the same track where the number will increment by one for +each additional duplicate, and each duplicated track is independent of each other. +Only tracks that are not inside of composite or supertracks can be duplicated and this feature does +not work in hubs.</p> +<p> +Duplicate tracks can be helpful when comparing different settings and visibility +types on the same data; for instance, displaying all GENCODE genes, including pseudogenes, in dense +mode, alongside a more concise gene set, such as the default, in pack mode to see gene symbols and +accessions. This is shown in the image below, where duplicated GENCODE track has the additional +text "(duplicate #1)" on the label above the track display and "#1" text on +the left label of the track display.</p> +<div class="text-center"> + <a href="http://genome.ucsc.edu/s/gperez2/RM_30365_v2" target="_blank"> + <img src="../images/duplicationHgTracks2_GENCODEV43.png" alt="GENCODE V43 duplicate" width="1000"></a> +</div> +<p> +For more information, see the "Duplicating a track" section of the +<a target="_blank" href="help/hgTracksHelp.html#duplicate">Genome Browser User Guide</a>.</p> +<p> +We would like to thank Brian Joseph Raney, Max Haeussler, Jairo Navarro, and Gerardo Perez for +their work on this release.</p> + + <a name="071923"></a> <h2>Jul. 19, 2023 FANTOM5 transcription start sites for Human, Mouse, Dog, Rhesus, Rat, and Chicken</h2> <p> We are happy to announce the release of FANTOM5 promoter level expression data for <a href="/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=hg19&g=fantom5" target="_blank">hg19</a>, <a href="/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=hg38&g=fantom5" target="_blank">hg38</a>, <a href="/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=mm10&g=fantom5" target="_blank">mm10</a>, <a href="/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=canFam3&g=fantom5" target="_blank">canFam3</a>, <a href="/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=rheMac8&g=fantom5" target="_blank">rheMac8</a>, <a href="/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=rn6&g=fantom5" target="_blank">rn6</a>, and <a href="/cgi-bin/hgTrackUi?db=galGal5&g=fantom5" target="_blank">galGal5</a>. The FANTOM5 tracks shows mapped transcription start sites (TSS) and their usage in primary cells, cell lines, and tissues to produce a comprehensive overview of gene expression across the human body by using single molecule sequencing.