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Track hub

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A track hub is a structured directory of genomic data, such as gene expression or epigenetic data, viewable over the web with a genome browser. Track hubs are defined by the track hub standard.[1] Originally developed as part of the UCSC genome browser, they are now supported by Ensembl and BioDalliance.[2]

Track hubs are a useful and efficient tool for visualizing large data sets. Collections of wiggle plots produced by a transcriptomics study can be organized hierarchically into so called composite and super-tracks.[3]

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  1. ^ "Hub Track Database Definition (v2)". UCSC Genome Bioinformatics. UCSC. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. ^ Raney, Brian; Dreszer, Timothy (1 April 2014). "Track data hubs enable visualization of user-defined genome-wide annotations on the UCSC Genome Browser". Bioinformatics. 30 (7): 1003–1005. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btt637. PMC 3967101. PMID 24227676.
  3. ^ "Using UCSC Genome Browser Track Hubs". UCSC Genome Bioinformatics. UCSC. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
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