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# System prepended metadata

title: UCSC tracks

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# UCSC custom tracks

Prepare working environment
```
module load mamba
mamba create -n ucsc
mamba activate ucsc
mamba install -c bioconda tabix

mkdir -p ~/public_html && cd ~/public_html
mkdir -p ucsc && cd ucsc

wget https://farm.cse.ucdavis.edu/~tahmed/ucsc/exome.vcf
```

Tranform the VCF file into binary compressed and indexed form
```
bgzip exome.vcf
tabix -p vcf exome.vcf.gz
```


Create minimal custom track
```
track type=vcfTabix name="my exome" bigDataUrl=https://farm.cse.ucdavis.edu/~tahmed/ucsc/exome.vcf.gz
```
Visulize your track and change position to: 
```
chr21:33,020,539-33,021,531
```
