[Genome] Wiggle File Format Question

Hiram Clawson hiram at soe.ucsc.edu
Mon Jul 16 16:39:17 PDT 2007


Good Afternoon Carole:

We can't receive attachments via the genome email list.  Please email
me a copy of your troublesome file, or better yet, provide me with
a URL to the file.

What genome are you talking about with a chrXY specification ?

--Hiram

Carole Holl wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> We are trying to produce wiggle files to be used with the UCSC Genome
> Browser and have run into some obstacles. 
> 
>  
> 
> The first is that when we try to submit the attached file, the genome
> browser is giving us the message 
> 
>  
> 
> Error Can't read file: testwig.wig 
> 
>  
> 
> If we copy and paste the contents of the file into the Add Tracks page,
> it works fine.  Is there a problem with this file?
> 
>  
> 
> Our second issue is that we have data for the chromosome XY pair that we
> would like to display in the genome browser, but it doesn't recognize
> the form 'chrXY'.  Is there a way for the genome browser to recognize
> this instance?
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you,
> 
>  
> 
> Carole Holl
> 
> Software Quality Analyst
> 
> Ph: (406) 585-8137 
> 
> Golden Helix, Inc. 
> 
> www.goldenhelix.com <http://www.goldenhelix.com/> 
> 
> Accelerating the Quest for Significance
> 
>  
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Genome maillist  -  Genome at soe.ucsc.edu
> http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/mailman/listinfo/genome
> 



More information about the Genome mailing list