Hi
Thanks For the reply.
I have some questions but would need to know the answer for the one i am
asking
CAN WE CONVERT A WIGGLE FILE FORMAT TO A BED FORMAT.
if yes then how

Regards
Varun
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Hiram Clawson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Good Morning Varun:
>
> The "variableStep" data format is explained on the page you reference:
>    
> http://genome.ucsc.edu/**goldenPath/help/wiggle.html<http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/wiggle.html>
>
> Please note the description of what wiggle data is for on this description
> page.  It is for graphing data.  It is not bed format and does not have
> that meaning.  If you have data you need to graph, use one of these
> wiggle formats, or the more efficient bigWig format as explained on this
> page.  If you have annotations you want to display on the genome, you can
> use bed format files.
>
> --Hiram
>
> varun gupta wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone
>> Thanks for your support and help
>> I have a question. I am interested in understanding the wiggle format. I
>> was going through this :
>> http://genome.ucsc.edu/**goldenPath/help/wiggle.html<http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/wiggle.html>
>>
>> Can you explain me what does the last paragraph means
>>
>> *Caution for sparse variableStep data*
>> *The wiggle format was designed for quickly displaying data that is quite
>>
>> dense. The variableStep format, in particular, becomes very inefficient
>> when there are only a few data points per 1,024 bases. If variableStep
>> data
>> points (i.e., chromStarts) are greater than about 100 bases apart, it is
>> advisable to use BedGraph<http://genome.ucsc.**
>> edu/goldenPath/help/bedgraph.**html<http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/bedgraph.html>
>> >
>>  format.*
>> *
>> *
>> What do we mean by *variablestep data points* referred above. It would be
>>
>> nice if you can explain this
>>
>> Moreover can you suggest me how can we convert wiggle file into a bed file
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Regards
>> VARUN
>>
>
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