fetchChromSizes {CNEr}R Documentation

fetchChromSizes function.

Description

This function tries to automate the fetch of chromosome sizes for assemblies from UCSC.

Usage

fetchChromSizes(assembly)

Arguments

assembly

A character object: the canonical name of assembly, i.e., hg19 for UCSC.

Details

This function utilises mysql queries for UCSC assemblies.

Value

A object of Seqinfo is returned.

Note

Currently, the assemblies from UCSC are supported.

Author(s)

Ge Tan

Examples

  
    fetchChromSizes("hg19")
    fetchChromSizes("mm10")
[Package CNEr version 1.16.1 Index]