Self-paced tutorial · UCSC Genome Browser
Tutorial 1: Basics — Contents
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Welcome
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Title
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How to follow along
Getting oriented
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What is the UCSC Genome Browser?
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The home page & the blue menu bar
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The Gateway: pick an assembly & search
Navigating
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The search box takes more than gene names
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Navigation & viewing controls
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Shift + drag to zoom or highlight
Tracks & display
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Tracks and display modes
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Visibility modes: “feature” tracks
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Visibility modes: “signal” tracks
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Get information out of a track
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Mouse-over for quick descriptions
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Gene interpretation
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Track groups = the menu of data (1/3)
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A tour of the track groups (2/3)
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A tour of the track groups (3/3)
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Track documentation pages
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Container tracks: folders of subtracks
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Configure a track: display & filters
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Reset all tracks
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Viewing and extracting the DNA sequence
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Viewing DNA: options
Tools: Table Browser & BLAT
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Table Browser: get the data out
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BLAT: find a sequence in a genome
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BLAT: the results
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BLAT: your sequence aligned in the Browser
Custom tracks — your data
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What you can load
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Loading a custom track
Track hubs
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Hub vs custom track
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Load a hub by URL
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Build your own (in brief)
Sessions & sharing
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Sessions: save & share a live view
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Sessions = collaboration & teaching
Wrap-up
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What you can now do
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Where to get help
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Who are we?
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Thank you