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3 unusual facts about UCSC Genome Browser


Conjoined gene

However, only a very limited number of these CGs are found in the public human genome resources such as the Entrez Gene database, the UCSC Genome Browser and the Vertebrate Genome Annotation (Vega) database.

FAIRE-Seq

FAIRE-seq data are mapped to the human genome assembly and displayed as part of the ENCODE project at the UCSC Genome Browser.

UCSC Genome Browser

Initially built and still managed by Jim Kent, then a graduate student, and David Haussler, professor of Computer Science (now Biomolecular Engineering) at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2000, the UCSC Genome Browser began as a resource for the distribution of the initial fruits of the Human Genome Project.


Genome browser

The app, developed by the Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMi) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, provides a functional presentation of the popular UCSC Genome Browser.


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