Schema for Gap - Gap Locations
  Database: hg38    Primary Table: gap    Row Count: 827   Data last updated: 2019-06-25
fieldexampleSQL type info
bin 585smallint(6) range
chrom chr1varchar(255) values
chromStart 0int(10) unsigned range
chromEnd 10000int(10) unsigned range
ix 1int(11) range
n Nchar(1) values
size 10000int(10) unsigned range
type telomerevarchar(255) values
bridge novarchar(255) values

Sample Rows
 
binchromchromStartchromEndixnsizetypebridge
585chr10100001N10000telomereno
586chr12076662576665N50000contigno
587chr12979683479687N50000contigno
589chr153598858598810N50000contigno
605chr12702781274629048N43509scaffoldyes
85chr11295438413004384224N50000scaffoldyes
713chr11679916316849163277N50000scaffoldyes
810chr12955223329553835491N1602scaffoldyes
1515chr11219764591220264591845N50000contigno
1517chr11222245351222246351847N100contigno

Note: all start coordinates in our database are 0-based, not 1-based. See explanation here.

Gap (gap) Track Description
 

Description

This track shows the gaps in the GRCh38 (hg38) genome assembly defined in the AGP file delivered with the sequence. These gaps are being closed during the finishing process on the human genome. For information on the AGP file format, see the NCBI AGP Specification. The NCBI website also provides an overview of genome assembly procedures, as well as specific information about the hg38 assembly.

Gaps are represented as black boxes in this track. If the relative order and orientation of the contigs on either side of the gap is supported by read pair data, it is a bridged gap and a white line is drawn through the black box representing the gap.

This assembly contains the following principal types of gaps:

  • short_arm - short arm gaps (count: 5; size range: 5,000,000 - 16,990,000 bases)
  • heterochromatin - heterochromatin gaps (count: 11; size range: 20,000 - 30,000,000 bases)
  • telomere - telomere gaps (count: 48; all of size 10,000 bases)
  • contig - gaps between contigs in scaffolds (count: 285; size range: 100 - 400,000 bases)
  • scaffold - gaps between scaffolds in chromosome assemblies (count: 470; size range: 10 - 624,000 bases)