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Step 2: Choose species and genome version

Click a start screen shortcut image (red box) shortcut image.

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Choose species and genome version using the Current Genome tab (blue box) menus.

  • If your genome of interest is not listed, don't choose anything and skip to Step 4.

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Many data files and data sets (such as BAM files) contain too much data to display all at once. For this reason, IGB gives you total control over when and how data are loaded. To load and view data, zoom in on a region and click the Load Data button. Regions where data have not yet been loaded have slightly darker backgrounds.

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If you have a sequence file (fasta, 2bit, bnib, etc.) that you would like to use as the reference sequence, use the File > Open Reference Sequence... option. After selecting the file, click the Load Data button to load sequence. The sequence data will appear below the Coordinate Axis in the center of the display.

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  • Use the zoom slider. Click in the main window to focus zooming set the focus (zoom stripe) and then drag the slider to the right (purple box/arrow).
  • Search for a gene. Click the Advanced Search tab and enter the name of a gene. Double-click rows in the results list to jump to a feature (red box/arrow).
  • Double click a feature to zoom in on it . (orange box/arrow).
  • Enter coordinates in the coordinate range box and . Then hit enter to zoom to that location (green box/arrow)
  • Click-drag coordinate axix to zoom in on a region of interest within the coordinate axis. (blue box/arrow).
  • Keyboard Use keyboard shortcuts. Use control+mouse wheel (Windows) or command+mouse wheel (Mac) to zoom in on the zoom stripe location (yellow box/arrow).

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You can change track color, how IGB indicates strand indicators, track labelsnames, track label color and font, track height, annotation stack height, and much more.

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