[Genome] hg18 fasta files

[Kayla Smith]

Nate,

You are correct, the lower case bases represent repeats.  There is a 
previously answered mailing list question on this topic here:

http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/pipermail/genome/2006-December/012267.html

I hope this is helpful to you.  Please don't hesitate to contact us 
again if you require more assistance.

Kayla Smith
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group


Nate Miller wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I had a question about what the lower case versus upper case sequence means
> in the hg18 fasta files. I believe the lower case bases represent repetitive
> dna, but I'm not sure how this was determined. If you have any of this
> information, could you let me know?
> 
> Thanks,
> Nate Miller
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