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20 Jan 2016 - dbSNP 142 Available for mm10

Data from dbSNP build 142 is now available for the most recent mouse assembly (mm10/GRCm38). As was the case for previous annotations based on dbSNP data, there are three tracks in this release. One is a track containing all mappings of reference SNPs to the mouse assembly, labeled "All SNPs (142)". The other two tracks are subsets of this track and show different interesting and easily defined subsets of dbSNP:

  • Common SNPs (142): uniquely mapped variants that appear in at least 1% of the population
  • Mult. SNPs (142): variants that have been mapped to more than one genomic location

By default, only the Common SNPs (142) are visible. The other tracks can be made visible using the track controls. These three SNPs (142) tracks can be found on the Mouse Dec. 2011 (mm10/GRCm38) browser in the "Variation and Repeats" group.

Thank you to the dbSNP group at NCBI for making these data publicly available. The tracks were produced at UCSC by Brian Raney, Angie Hinrichs and Matthew Speir.


08 January 2016 - dbSNP 144 Available for hg19 and hg38

We are pleased to announce the release of four tracks derived from NCBI dbSNP Build 144 data, available on the two most recent human assemblies GRCh37/hg19 and GRCh38/hg38.

There are four SNP tracks available as part of this release. One is a track containing all mappings of reference SNPs to the human assembly, labeled "All SNPs (144)". The other three tracks are subsets of this track and show interesting and easily defined subsets of dbSNP:

  • Common SNPs (144): uniquely mapped variants that appear in at least 1% of the population or are 100% non-reference
  • Flagged SNPs (144): uniquely mapped variants, excluding Common SNPs, that have been flagged by dbSNP as "clinically associated"
  • Mult. SNPs (144): variants that have been mapped to more than one genomic location

By default, only the Common SNPs (144) are visible; other tracks must be made visible using the track controls. You will find the other SNPs (144) tracks on both of GRCh37/hg19 and GRCh38/hg38 browsers in the "Variation" group.

The tracks were produced at UCSC by Angie Hinrichs and Luvina Guruvadoo. We'd like to thank the dbSNP group at NCBI for providing access to these data.


21 December 2015 - Two New Assemblies Now Available in the Genome Browser

Genome Browsers are now available for the frog (Xenopus tropicalis) and cat (Felis catus) assemblies. Read more.

16 December 2015 — Output from Related Tables Now Available in the Data Integrator: You can now obtain data from these related tables in your output from the Data Integrator. Read more.