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Browser Extensible Data (BED)

Definition
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BED is a tab-delimited interval format from UCSC for representing genomic regions such as peaks, genes, or custom annotation tracks.

Topics
Bioinformatics Formats
URL
https://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat.html#format1
Related
BEDPE BED/BIM/FAM Genome Coordinate System

Why it matters in GWAS

GWAS fine-mapping and annotation workflows frequently intersect variants with BED intervals (for example enhancers or open chromatin), so coordinate conventions and genome build matching are essential.

Example usage

"Credible-set variants were overlapped with ATAC-seq BED peaks to prioritize functional loci."

BEDPE BED/BIM/FAM Genome Coordinate System
Related-term network

Click any node to open that term page.

Node order. The current term is first. Next come every page linked from Related terms, in the same top-to-bottom order as that list. Then new terms appear in two-hop layers: for each of those direct neighbors (in that same order), their related terms are appended if not already listed. A third pass does the same for two-hop nodes. The walk stops when a fixed maximum number of nodes is reached.

References

  • UCSC Genome Browser. BED format FAQ. https://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat.html#format1
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