CNEr (version 1.8.3)

fetchChromSizes: fetchChromSizes function.

Description

This function tries to automate the fetch of chrom sizes for assembly from UCSC and other sources.

Usage

fetchChromSizes(assembly)

Arguments

assembly

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

Value

A object of Seqinfo is returned.

Details

This function utilises mysql query for UCSC assemblies.

Examples

  fetchChromSizes("hg19")
  fetchChromSizes("mm10")