How IGB recognizes species and genome versions

IGB is distributed with two tab-delimited files called "species.txt" and "synonyms.txt" that allow it to match genome names between QuickLoad sites, Galaxy, and other sites. Whenever IGB accesses a QuickLoad site, it also request these two files from the top-level, root directory.

If you are setting up your own QuickLoad site, you can create and distribute  these same files as part of your site to ensure the species names are displayed correctly and that you can use IGB in conjunction with Galaxy sites that contain the same genomes.

Species.txt

The species.txt file is a tab-delimited file that lists

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