Clarifying the track labels/desc based on user feedback, refs #30649

ucscGenomeBrowser · Feb 25, 2023 · 91e3781 · 91e3781
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diff --git a/src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/hg38/recombRate.ra b/src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/hg38/recombRate.ra
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ color 0,130,0
     track recombAvg
     parent recombRate2
     shortLabel Recomb. deCODE Avg
-    longLabel Recombination rate: deCODE Genetics, average from paternal and maternal
+    longLabel Recombination rate: deCODE Genetics, average from paternal and maternal (mat for chrX)
     type bigWig
     bigDataUrl /gbdb/hg38/recombRate/recombAvg.bw
     visibility full

diff --git a/src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/hg38/recombRate2.html b/src/hg/makeDb/trackDb/human/hg38/recombRate2.html
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ <H2>Description</H2>
 The recombination rate track represents calculated rates of recombination based
 on the genetic maps from deCODE (Halldorsson <EM>et al.</EM>, 2019) and 1000 Genomes
 (2013 Phase 3 release, lifted from hg19). The deCODE map is more recent, has a higher 
-resolution and was natively created on hg38 and therefore recommended.
+resolution and was natively created on hg38 and therefore recommended. 
+For the Recomb. deCODE average track, the recombination rates for chrX represent the female rate.
 </P>
 
 <p>This track also includes a subtrack with all the