This directory contains compressed multiple alignments of the 
following assemblies to the human genome (hg18, Mar. 2006):

  _ human (Mar. 2006, hg18) 
  _ chimp (Nov 2003, panTro1) 
  _ macaque (Jan 2006, rheMac2) 
  - mouse (Feb 2006, mm8) 
  - rat (Nov 2004, rn4) 
  - rabbit (May 2005, oryCun1) 
  - dog (May 2005, canFam2) 
  - cow (Mar 2005, bosTau2) 
  - armadillo (May 2005, dasNov1) 
  - elephant (May 2005, loxAfr1) 
  - tenrec (Jul 2005, echTel1) 
  - opossum (Jan 2006, monDom4) 
  - chicken (Feb 2004, galGal2) 
  - frog (Oct 2004, xenTro1) 
  - zebrafish (May 2005, danRer3) 
  - tetraodon (Feb 2004, tetNig1) 
  - fugu (Aug 2002, fr1) 

The chr*.maf.gz files each contain all the alignments to that 
particular human chromosome.  

The upstream*.maf.gz files contain alignments in regions upstream of
annotated transcription start for RefSeq genes with annotated 5' UTRs.
These files differ from the standard MAF format: they display
alignments that extend from start to end of the upstream region in 
human, whether or not alignments actually exist. In situations where no  
alignments exist or the alignments of one or more species are missing, 
dot (".") is used as a placeholder. Multiple regions of an assembly's
sequence may align to a single region in human; therefore, only the 
species name is displayed in the alignment data and no position information 
is recorded. The alignment score is always zero in these files.

For a description of multiple alignment format (MAF), see
http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/maf.html.

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To download a large file or multiple files from this directory, we recommend 
that you use ftp rather than downloading the files via our website. To do so: 
    ftp hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu 
    user name: anonymous
    password: <your email address>
    go to the directory goldenPath/hg18/multiz17way

To download multiple files from the UNIX command line, use the "mget" command. 
    mget <filename1> <filename2> ...
    - or -
    mget -a (to download all the files in the directory) 
Use the "prompt" command to toggle the interactive mode if you do not want 
to be prompted for each file that you download.

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All the files in this directory are freely usable for any 
purpose. For data use restrictions regarding the individual 
genome assemblies, see http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/credits.html.

      Name                    Last modified      Size  Description
Parent Directory - upstream5000.maf.gz 2008-12-12 11:52 272M upstream2000.maf.gz 2008-12-12 11:32 124M upstream1000.maf.gz 2008-12-12 11:18 52M md5sum.txt 2011-03-21 17:31 2.6K chrY.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:58 28M chrX_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:57 1.6M chrX.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:57 263M chrM.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:55 89K chr22_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:28 453K chr22_h2_hap1.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:28 149K chr22.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:28 71M chr21_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:27 1.8M chr21.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:27 70M chr20.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:26 131M chr19_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:18 283K chr19.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:18 102M chr18_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:16 22K chr18.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:16 164M chr17_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:15 2.8M chr17.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:14 177M chr16_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:13 127K chr16.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:13 175M chr15_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:10 1.4M chr15.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:10 188M chr14.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:08 196M chr13_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:06 400K chr13.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:06 205M chr12.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:03 283M chr11_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:00 150K chr11.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:00 295M chr10_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 15:57 166K chr10.maf.gz 2006-02-22 15:57 294M chr9_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:55 726K chr9.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:55 263M chr8_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:52 719K chr8.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:52 304M chr7_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:49 597K chr7.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:49 330M chr6_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:45 3.0M chr6_qbl_hap2.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:45 8.7M chr6_cox_hap1.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:45 9.5M chr6.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:45 372M chr5_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:41 177K chr5_h2_hap1.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:41 3.4M chr5.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:41 393M chr4_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:37 962K chr4.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:37 396M chr3_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:33 1.3M chr3.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:33 442M chr2_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:28 229K chr2.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:24 534M chr1_random.maf.gz 2006-02-22 16:18 2.3M chr1.maf.gz 2006-02-22 15:54 511M 17way.nh 2006-09-18 09:22 588