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2. Click the IGB image to download and launch IGB. If your computer has enough memory, we recommend choosing the high memory (2 or 5 GB) option.
IGB Download - Small, medium, and large memory options
Step 2: Choose your species and genome version, if available
When IGB first starts, you'll see the IGB start screen shown below.
- Click an image from the start screen menu (red box). These species will automatically load the current reference gene models.
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- Choose species and version under the Current Genome tab (blue box). Some of these species will require you to select the reference gene models or another data file and load them (see Step 3)
- If your genome of interest is not listed, don't choose anything and skip to Step 4.
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Depending on the genome, IGB may automatically load reference gene models from the IGB QuickLoad data server. |
IGB start screen
IGB after selecting the human genome
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Step 3. Open data sets or files and then click Load Data
Choose data sets from Available Data file tree
Open a folder under the Available Data file tree (red box). Select data sets you would like to view by
- checking the box (red arrow)
- click-dragging them the data set into the Data Management table
When you select open a data set, IGB adds it as new empty track to the main view and lists it in the Data Management table (orange arrows).
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The newly-added track is empty at first |
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to give you more control over how much data are loaded into memory. |
Click Load Data button to view data
- Zoom or scroll to a region of interest (See Step 5) then
- Click Load Data (green arrow, box) to load data into the IGB main view.
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