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braney
  Thu Jul 10 15:43:34 2025 -0700
some boiler plate for bedMethyl doc

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 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <!--#set var="TITLE" value="Genome Browser bedMethyl Track Format" -->
 <!--#set var="ROOT" value="../.." -->
 
 <!-- Relative paths to support mirror sites with non-standard GB docs install -->
 <!--#include virtual="$ROOT/inc/gbPageStart.html" -->
 
 <h1>BedMethyl Track Format</h1>
 <p> 
-The bedMethyl format allows display of continuous-valued data in track format. This display type is 
-useful for probability scores and transcriptome data.  This track type is similar to the wiggle 
-(<a href="/goldenPath/help/wiggle.html">WIG</a>) format, but unlike the wiggle format, data exported
-in the bedMethyl format are preserved in their original state. This can be seen on export using the
-table browser. For more details on data compression in wiggle tracks see the notes section of the
-wiggle <a href="wiggle.html" target="_blank">track description page</a>. If you have a very large
-data set and you would like to keep it on your own server, you should use the <a href="bigWig.html">
-bigWig</a> data format. In fact, an attempt to load a bedMethyl custom track over 50,000,000 lines
-will result in an error message, but can be addressed by turning the bedMethyl into a bigWig (see
-<a href="bigWig.html#Ex3">Example 3</a>). Note that bedMethyl files cannot easily be converted to
-wiggle files; converting bedMethyl to bigWig and using <code>bigWigToWig</code> will return the
-original bedMethyl file.</p>
+The bedMethyl format allows display of methylation sites. 
 
 <h2>General Structure</h2>
 <p>
 The bedMethyl format is line-oriented. BedMethyl data are preceded by a 
 <a href="customTrack.html#TRACK">track definition line</a>, which adds a number of options for 
 controlling the default display of this track.</p> 
 <p> 
-Following the track definition line are the track data in four column BED format:</p>
+Following the track definition line are the track data in 18 column BED format:</p>
 
 <pre><code><em>chromA</em>  <em>chromStartA</em>  <em>chromEndA</em>  <em>dataValueA</em>
 <em>chromB</em>  <em>chromStartB</em>  <em>chromEndB</em>  <em>dataValueB</em></code></pre>
 
 <h3>Parameters for bedMethyl track definition lines</h3>
 <p> 
 All options are placed in a single line separated by spaces:</p>
 <pre><code><strong>track type=</strong>bedMethyl <strong>name=</strong><em>track_label</em> <strong>description=</strong><em>center_label</em>
     <strong>visibility=</strong><em>display_mode</em> <strong>color=</strong><em>r,g,b</em> <strong>altColor=</strong><em>r,g,b</em>
     <strong>priority=</strong><em>priority</em> <strong>autoScale=</strong><em>on|off</em> <strong>alwaysZero=</strong><em>on|off</em> <strong>gridDefault=</strong><em>on|off</em>
     <strong>maxHeightPixels=</strong><em>max:default:min</em> <strong>graphType=</strong><em>bar|points</em> <strong>viewLimits=</strong><em>lower:upper</em>
     <strong>yLineMark=</strong><em>real-value</em> <strong>yLineOnOff=</strong><em>on|off</em>
     <strong>windowingFunction=</strong><em>maximum|mean|minimum</em> <strong>smoothingWindow=</strong>off|2-16</em></code></pre>
 <p>
 <strong>Note:</strong> if you copy/paste the above example, you must remove the line breaks.</p>