<p>From the top bar:
View -&gt; DNA</p>
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2021-11-15T11:27:19.953Z
2021-11-15T11:27:19.953Z
Code42
<p>In case it’s of any benefit to you, I’ll often check <a href="http://software.broadinstitute.org/software/igv/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">IGV</a> when looking at tracks with that kind of zoomage. Not that it zooms any better than the UCSC browser (although the bases are colour coded!) but you can see your aligned reads individually if you want, along with directional information etc etc. Loads of stuff. </p>

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2017-11-25T04:46:46.627Z
2017-11-25T04:46:46.627Z
user8998021
<p>If you zoom in at one specific region, it shows the nucleotide chain on the third line (below the chromosome number). It can't be there by default as the size of default region is more than 100,000bp. You can use the scale on the top of the page to see the size of the region.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/csSI4.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/csSI4.png" alt="UCSC Genome Browser Example"></a></p>

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2017-10-22T02:20:17.753Z
2017-10-22T02:20:17.753Z
Mehrdad Bakhtiari
<p>Is it possible to make UCSC Genome Browser to show the sequence (nucleotide chain) of the current region?</p>

<p>I fiddled with the various viewing options and couldn't figure it out. </p>

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How to get UCSC Genome Browser to show the actual sequence?
# How to get UCSC Genome Browser to show the actual sequence?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-21)

Is it possible to make UCSC Genome Browser to show the sequence (nucleotide chain) of the current region?

I fiddled with the various viewing options and couldn't figure it out.

**Tags:** genome-browser

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2017-10-22. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

If you zoom in at one specific region, it shows the nucleotide chain on the third line (below the chromosome number). It can't be there by default as the size of default region is more than 100,000bp. You can use the scale on the top of the page to see the size of the region.

[![UCSC Genome Browser Example](https://i.sstatic.net/csSI4.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/csSI4.png)


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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-11-15. Score: 0

From the top bar:
View -> DNA

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/MdU7t.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/MdU7t.png)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-11-25. Score: 0

In case it’s of any benefit to you, I’ll often check [IGV](http://software.broadinstitute.org/software/igv/) when looking at tracks with that kind of zoomage. Not that it zooms any better than the UCSC browser (although the bases are colour coded!) but you can see your aligned reads individually if you want, along with directional information etc etc. Loads of stuff.


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