This directory contains compressed multiple alignments of the 
following assemblies to the stickleback genome (gasAcu1, Feb 2006):

  - human (Mar 2006, hg18) 
  - mouse (Feb 2006, mm8)
  - chicken (May 2006, galGal3) 
  - tetraodon (Feb 2004, tetNig1) 
  - fugu (Oct 2004, fr2) 
  - medaka (Oct 2005, oryLat1) 
  - zebrafish (Mar 2006, danRer4) 

Files included in this directory:
  - chr*.maf.gz files: each contain all the alignments to that 
    particular stickleback chromosome.  
  - ensGene.upstream*.maf.gz: alignments to regions (1000, 2000 and 5000) bases 
    upstream of stickleback Ensembl genes. 

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

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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, 
then go to the directory goldenPath/gasAcu1/multiz8way. 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 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.