[Genome] What up with the #bin?

[Becker, Kevin (NIH/NIA/IRP) [E]]

Hello genome folks,

 

In the UCSC table downloads, such as mgcGenes, the first column is #bin.

What's that?

 

Presumably genes are binned into groups, but how?

 

Sincerely,

 

KGB

 

Kevin G. Becker Ph.D. 
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