This directory contains the Dec. 2008 (NHGRI/GTB V17e/felCat4) assembly of the cat genome
(catChrV17e, NHGRI/Genome Technology Branch (NCBI project 10703, accession ACBE0100000)), as well as repeat annotations and GenBank sequences.

This assembly was produced by the Agencourt Bioscience Corporation and
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.. The mitochondrial genome was sequenced by
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity.

For more information on the cat genome, see the project website:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=genomeprj&cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10703
http://www.beckmangenomics.com/
http://www.hillspet.com/
http://home.ncifcrf.gov/ccr/lgd/comparative_genome/catgenome/index_n.asp

Files included in this directory (updated nightly):

  - *.sql files:  the MySQL commands used to create the tables

  - *.txt.gz files: the database tables in a tab-delimited format
    compressed with gzip.

To see descriptions of the tables underlying Genome Browser annotation
tracks, select the table in the Table Browser:
  http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTables?db=felCat4
and click the "describe table schema" button.  There is also a "view
table schema" link on the configuration page for each track.

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If you plan 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 to hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu
[username: anonymous, password: your email address], then cd to the
directory goldenPath/felCat4/database/. To download multiple files, use
the "mget" command:

    mget <filename1> <filename2> ...
    - or -
    mget -a (to download all the files in the directory)


All the files and tables in this directory are freely usable for any purpose.