58902da8c77ee226677e9c56c38d7b6b2b319256 markd Fri Apr 5 20:34:54 2024 -0700 update documentation on bigChain to match the code. RM 33430 diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/bigChain.html src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/bigChain.html index ba3677c..a483962 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/bigChain.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/bigChain.html @@ -36,31 +36,31 @@

    table bigChain
     "bigChain pairwise alignment"
         (
         string chrom;       "Reference sequence chromosome or scaffold"
         uint   chromStart;  "Start position in chromosome"
         uint   chromEnd;    "End position in chromosome"
         string name;        "Name or ID of item, ideally both human readable and unique"
         uint score;         "Score (0-1000)"
         char[1] strand;     "+ or - for strand"
         uint tSize;         "size of target sequence"
         string qName;       "name of query sequence"
         uint qSize;         "size of query sequence"
         uint qStart;        "start of alignment on query sequence"
         uint qEnd;          "end of alignment on query sequence"
-        uint chainScore;    "score from chain"
+        double chainScore;  "score from chain"
         )

Note that the bedToBigBed utility uses a substantial amount of memory: approximately 25% more RAM than the uncompressed BED input file.

Creating a bigChain track

To create a bigChain track, follow these steps:

Step 1. If you already have a chain file you would like to convert to a bigChain, skip to Step 3. Otherwise download this example chain file for the human GRCh38 (hg38) assembly.