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lrnassar
  Thu Feb 5 16:51:06 2026 -0800
First draft of the human methylation atlas track, refs #36826

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+<h2>Description</h2>
+<p>
+This container is comprised of various DNA Methylation tracks from different sources.
+Click on the specific subtracks for detailed descriptions of the data.</p>
+<p>
+The two tracks available are:
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li><b>Human Methylation Atlas Summary (hg38/hg19)</b> - Contains cell-type-specific marker regions
+  identified from the atlas, including uniquely unmethylated loci and putative enhancer
+  regions annotated with regulatory features.</li>
+  <li><b>Human Methylation Atlas Signals (hg38/hg19)</b> - Contains per-cell-type methylation signal
+  tracks (bigWig format) showing methylation beta values (0-1 scale) across the genome,
+  with merged tracks for each cell type and individual sample replicates.</li>
+</ul>