Get blocks/exons
Obtains the block ranges (subranges, usually exons) from an object,
such as a GRanges imported
from a BED file.
blocks(x, ...)
x |
The instance from which to obtain the block/exon
information. Currently must be a |
... |
Additional arguments for methods |
A GRangesList with an
element for each range in x. The original block ranges are
relative to the start of the containing range, so the returned ranges
are shifted to absolute coordinates. The seqname and strand are
inherited from the containing range.
Michael Lawrence
import.bed for importing a track from BED, which
can store block information; asBED for coercing a
GenomicRanges into a BED-like structure that can be passed to
this function.
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