# Annotating the Results

## Cytoband Track

By default, the *Chromosome view* shows a cytoband track at the top of the canvas. The red box indicates the part of the chromosome that is currently depicted on the canvas.

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## **Reference Genome**

The sequence of the reference genome is added to the *Chromosome view* by default, as long as it has been added to the respective genome in the Connected Multiomics. However, its presence (or absence) in the viewer depends on the current magnification. At low power, the track is hidden and you will see the message - *Track hidden (zoom to view)*. At high power, on the other hand, the *Reference genome* track becomes visible and is supplemented by the genomic coordinates (below the sequence). A vertical guide helps you to align the bases between *Aligned reads* and *Reference genome* tracks. Depending on the reference genome file, some bases may be shown in lowercase letters, symbolizing repetitive sequences, or other sequences masked by a tool such as RepeatMasker.

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## Variant Database

If a variant database file such as dbSNP for your genome is present, you will be able to include variant annotation track in your visualization (to add a variant database to the viewer, click setting ![](/files/AWDr02zNRbv8e1vS6uda) icon on *Reference genome* track to open Configuration dialog).

The variants will be shown adjacent to the *Reference genome* track. If the database contains no frequency information on alternative alleles, the alleles will be drawn as bars (an example is the SNP on the left in figure). If the frequency information is available, the relative frequency of each variant will be represented by a column (the SNP on the right in figure).

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Note that the frequency information for each allele will be parsed out from the chosen database. That information can be retrieved by selecting a variant using the selection mode and will be shown in the *Selection details* section of the control panel. Using the example shown in the figure above, the details of the right database variant can be seen in figure below. The most frequent allele at that locus is G (hence, the yellow column is plotted above the *Reference genome* track), which matches the base call of the reference genome.

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If your variant database stores indels, they will be depicted using green (insertion) or red (deletion) symbols pointing to deleted bases. In example below, an insertion of a single base has described in the database, between G and T, and an adjacent deletion of T and C bases has also been seen before.

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### Other Annotation Tracks

Additional annotation tracks can be added to the viewer with the help of the *Select tracks* dialog as long as they have been associated with the genome you are working on:

A common choice of an additional track is a transcript database, such as RefSeq. All the database entries are displayed, using a common depiction of exons as boxes and introns as lines connecting them. Untranslated regions (UTRs) are seen as narrow boxes. The arrows indicate directionality.

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