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-# m6A tracks
-track m6A
-compositeTrack on
-shortLabel m6A
-longLabel m6A
-type bigBed 12 +
-maxItems 100000
-
-    track m6A_pat
-    parent m6A
-    bigDataUrl bb/2.m6a.bb
-    shortLabel m6A_pat
-    longLabel m6A_pat
-    type bigBed 12 +
-    itemRgb on
-    visibility dense
-
-    track m6A_mat
-    parent m6A
-    bigDataUrl bb/1.m6a.bb
-    shortLabel m6A_mat
-    longLabel m6A_mat
-    type bigBed 12 +
-    itemRgb on
-    visibility dense
-
-    track m6A_unk
-    parent m6A
-    bigDataUrl bb/unk.m6a.bb
-    shortLabel m6A_unk
-    longLabel m6A_unk
-    type bigBed 12 +
-    itemRgb on
-    visibility dense
-
-# cpg tracks
-track CpG
-compositeTrack on
-shortLabel CpG
-longLabel CpG
-type bigWig 0 1000
-maxItems 100000
-maxHeightPixels 50:50:1
-autoScale off
-viewLimits 0.0:100.0
-alwaysZero on
-
-    track cpg_mat
-    parent CpG
-    bigDataUrl bw/canu-plus-whatshap-maternal.cpg-proportion.bw
-    shortLabel cpg_mat
-    longLabel cpg_mat
-    type bigWig
-    visibility full
-
-    track cpg_pat
-    parent CpG
-    bigDataUrl bw/canu-plus-whatshap-paternal.cpg-proportion.bw
-    shortLabel cpg_pat
-    longLabel cpg_pat
-    type bigWig
-    visibility full
-
-    track cpg_unk
-    parent CpG
-    bigDataUrl bw/canu-plus-whatshap-unknown.cpg-proportion.bw
-    shortLabel cpg_unk
-    longLabel cpg_unk
-    type bigWig
-    visibility full
-
-
-
-# Peak calls
-track FDRpeaks
-compositeTrack on
-shortLabel FDRpeaks
-longLabel FDRpeaks
-type bigBed 9 +
-maxItems 100000
-
-    track FDRpeaks97
-    parent FDRpeaks
-    bigDataUrl bb/peaks.Phased_GM12878_all.FDR97.2010365224.bb
-    shortLabel FDRpeaks97
-    longLabel FDRpeaks97
-    type bigBed 3
-    visibility hide
-
-    track FDRpeaks_10_percent
-    parent FDRpeaks
-    bigDataUrl bb/peaks.GM12878_130X_10_percent.bb
-    shortLabel FDRpeaks_10_percent
-    longLabel FDRpeaks_10_percent
-    type bigBed 3
-    visibility dense
-
-
-# Codependency Interact Track
-track Codependency
-type bigInteract
-visibility full
-shortLabel Codependency
-longLabel Codependency interact track
-itemRgb on
-scoreMin 175
-maxHeightPixels 300:150:20
-bigDataUrl bb/interact_track_GM12878.bb
-
-# GM12878 TSS - CAGE + Gencode v42
-track TSS
-compositeTrack on
-shortLabel TSS
-longLabel TSS CAGE + Gencode v42
-type bigBed 6
-maxItems 100000
-
-    track TSS_CAGE
-    parent TSS
-    bigDataUrl bb/cage_gencode42_TSS_intersect_formatted.bb
-    shortLabel TSS_CAGE
-    longLabel TSS CAGE + Gencode v42
-    type bigBed 6
-    itemRgb on
-    visibility dense
-
-# GM12878 CTCF Peak Paternal Xi Actuation %
-track CTCF_Xi
-compositeTrack on
-shortLabel CTCF_Xi
-longLabel CTCF Peak Paternal Xi Actuation
-type bigBed 6
-maxItems 100000
-
-    track CTCF_Xi_Act
-    parent CTCF_Xi
-    bigDataUrl bb/color-coded_CTCF_pat_act.bb
-    shortLabel CTCF_Xi_Act
-    longLabel CTCF Peak Paternal Xi
-    type bigBed 6
-    spectrum on
-    visibility dense
-
-# GM12878 CTCF Peak Paternal Xi Actuation %
-track TSS_escape
-compositeTrack on
-shortLabel TSS_escape
-longLabel TSS Fiber-seq Escape Status
-type bigBed 9
-maxItems 100000
-
-    track TSS_escape_color
-    parent TSS_escape
-    bigDataUrl bb/color-coded_X_TSS.bb
-    shortLabel TSS_escape_color
-    longLabel CTSS Escape Status
-    type bigBed 9
-    itemRgb on
-    visibility dense
-
-# GM12878 CTCF footprinting color-coded by Xi
-track Xi_CTCF
-compositeTrack on
-shortLabel Xi_CTCF_footprints_color
-longLabel Xi CTCF footprints color-coded
-type bigBed 9
-maxItems 100000
-
-    track Xi_CTCF_footprint_color
-    parent Xi_CTCF
-    bigDataUrl bb/GM12878_Xi_CTCF_footprints.bb
-    shortLabel Xi_CTCF_footprints_color
-    longLabel Xi CTCF footprints color-coded
-    type bigBed 9
-    itemRgb on
-    visibility dense
-
-
-# more tracks 
-
-
-
-# cpg tracks
-track new_FIRE_FDR
-compositeTrack on
-shortLabel new_FIRE_FDR
-longLabel new_FIRE_FDR
-type bigWig 
-maxItems 100000
-maxHeightPixels 100:100:1
-alwaysZero on
-
-    track log_fdr
-    parent new_FIRE_FDR
-    bigDataUrl bw/log_FDR.bw
-    shortLabel log_fdr
-    longLabel log_fdr
-    type bigWig
-    autoScale on
-    visibility full
-    yLineOnOff on
-    yLineMark 20
-    gridDefault on
-
-
-    track fire_score
-    parent new_FIRE_FDR
-    bigDataUrl bw/score.bw
-    shortLabel fire_score
-    longLabel fire_score
-    type bigWig
-    autoScale on
-    viewLimits 0.0:100.0
-    visibility full
-
-
-    track log_fdr_low_cov
-    parent new_FIRE_FDR
-    bigDataUrl bw/log_FDR_low.bw
-    shortLabel log_fdr_low_cov
-    longLabel log_fdr_low_cov
-    type bigWig
-    autoScale on
-    visibility full
-    yLineOnOff on
-    yLineMark 20
-    gridDefault on
-
-
-    track fire_score_low_cov
-    parent new_FIRE_FDR
-    bigDataUrl bw/score_low.bw
-    shortLabel fire_score_low_cov
-    longLabel fire_score_low_cov
-    type bigWig
-    autoScale on
-    viewLimits 0.0:100.0
-    visibility full
-