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BigWigSubset.R
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library(rtracklayer)
## Use rtracklayer to import a subset of a bigwig file from disk into R.
## reference.gr is a GRanges object with the ranges that will be used for subsetting
## selected.gr is a GRanges object with the count data for each interval stored in elementMetadata(selected.gr)
selected.gr <- rtracklayer::import(Path.To.BigWig, format = "BigWig", selection = BigWigSelection(reference.gr))
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