Hello Kumaran,

To be clear, the current dbSNP data is mapped by dbSNP. For other data, 
the utility "LiftOver" is used along with a mapping file to move data 
between assemblies for the same species and sometimes between distinct 
species.

LiftOver is in the browser as a web utility, in the kent source tree 
where you can compile it locally, or on the downloads server 
pre-compiled for some systems. The inputs for liftOver are the 
coordinates for the track being lifted and an "over.chain" file mapping 
one genome to the other.

Browser utility:
http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgLiftOver

Complete source and compiled utility:
http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/downloads.html
Scroll to -> Source Downloads

Source tree map:
http://genomewiki.ucsc.edu/index.php/The_source_tree

The "over.chain" files are also located on the download server, 
organized under species -> assembly -> "LiftOver files". Files in most 
cases are under the "from" assembly.

For example, the "over.chain" file for converting "from hg18" "to hg19" 
is named hg18ToHg19.over.chain.gz and is located here:
http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg18/liftOver/

Downloading through a browser is not recommended, please follow the ftp 
instructions in the link above.

LiftOver has many options. You will need to experiment with these to get 
the best results for your particular dataset. Type the program name at 
the command prompt for the usage. The usage is also listed on this page 
along with other comment kent source tree utilities (a temporary link, 
not a permanent Help document):
http://hgwdev.cse.ucsc.edu/~larrym/utilities.html
Scroll to liftOver

Jennifer

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Jennifer Jackson
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group
http://genome.ucsc.edu/

On 2/27/10 6:20 AM, Kumaran Kandasamy wrote:
> Dear UCSC Genome browser team,
>
> We have mutation data from published studies that are mapped to a
> older build of human genome. Can you please let us know the method
> for mapping this mutation sites to the current genome build? It would
> be great if you can let us know how you map the SNP data when you
> update the genome build.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kumaran
>
> Kumaran Kandasamy
> Ph.D. Student
> McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine
> Pandey Lab (<http://pandeylab.igm.jhmi.edu/>http://pandeylab.igm.jhmi.edu/)
> Johns Hopkins University
> Broadway Research Building, Room 560
> Baltimore, MD 21205
> Phone: 410-502-3194
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