When I add 2 annotations in BED format, the 2 annotations collapse into 1 line.

Thu, 01/27/2011 - 01:13 — Thomas Abeel

Full question:

When I add 2 annotations in BED format, the 2 annotations collapse into 1 line. However, these annotations are quite different (like genes and transposable elements) and I would like them to be visually different. Would it be possible?

Answer:

With BED files this is a bit tricky, but possible. We typically use GFF files, where you have a dedicated field for the type of feature.

In BED you can add the following line at the top of your bed file, this will let GenomeView know how to name the track.

track name=Name_of_your_data_without_spaces

You can configure the color of each track in File > Configuration > Feature track

annotation
bed
feature track
features

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When I add 2 annotations in BED format, the 2 annotations collapse into 1 line.