Hello Peng,

You will want your data in SAM/BAM format for best display results. Many 
tools that align paired end read sequences can produce SAM/BAM as output 
but you can also find a number of converters here:

http://samtools.sourceforge.net/swlist.shtml

Once you have things in SAM/BAM format you can find instructions for 
making a BAM custom track here:

http://hgwdev.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/bam.html

Note that Bed12 format can show the paired ends (same as in #3959) but 
if the alignment tool can directly produce SAM/BAM, that's best since 
you'll be able to see mismatches, and clicking into details will show 
additional info if the aligner has added, if any (tags, quality etc).

Hopefully this information was helpful and answers your question. If you 
have further questions or require clarification feel free to contact the 
mailing list at [email protected].

Regards,

Pauline Fujita
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group
http://genome.ucsc.edu



On 11/7/11 11:30 AM, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't see how to display paired end reads, except converting them
> into bed format. But as far as I know bed format is not designed for
> paired end reads. Does anybody know a better way to display paired end
> reads in the genome browser? Thanks!
>
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