The Whole genome alignment between two genome assemblies were stored using a "bed" like format: - Column 1: Reference Genome Chromosome - Column 2: Reference Genome start position - Column 3: Reference Genome end position - Column 4: a json record of the query genome alignment info, with format of: id:ALN_ID{ chr:"QUERY_CHR", start:QUERY_START, stop:QUERY_STOP, strand:"QUERY_STRAND", targetseq:"REFERENCE_SEQUENCE", queryseq:"QUERY_SEQUENCE" } For example: chr0 23550 24109 id:410103,genomealign:{chr:"B73V4_ctg92",start:14098,stop:14657,strand:"+",targetseq:"TCAACACCAACACGAGCACATCTACACCAGCAGCACCTTCTCTAGCCCAGGCGCCACCCCTTCCACCTGGGCCAGTGACTCGGGCCCGTGCAAGAGAATTGAACTACATCATGTTGTTAAAGAACGAAGGCCCGGAAGAATAGACGACCAGCCCAATTGCGGCCCATAATGGACGACCTAGGGTTGGCCGCTCCTAGGGGCTGCGCCCCCTCTCTATTTATTCAGGAGCTGCGCCTCCTTTATTTTCCGAGTTTTGTTTTACGTTAGCCTTAGCTACTCTCGAACACGCGCAAATCTGCGCTGTCTTCGTGTATTCAGAACTCCACCCTCGAGTAATAGATTAGATTGCTCGCATCTTGTTCTTGTTCGTTCTTCGATTGCGCACAGGAAACGATCTTCGTGATCAGGCCGATCTCGCATCAGCAAGGTCGGTAACCACAGGGAGTTGGTTCAGCGATTGCATTGGCGCCTCGGGCTTGCTCGTCGTAGTCGGATCGCAAGGGTCATCTTCCGCCAAATCGGAATTATCTCTACTCGCCGAAAGATCGGGCACCTCAGCT",queryseq:"TCAACACCAACACGAGCACATCTACACCAGCAGCACCTTCTCCAGCCCAGGCGCCACCCCTTCCACCTGGGCCAGTGACTCGGGCCCGTGCAAGAGAATTGAACTACATCATGTTGTTAAAGAACGAAGGCCCGGAAGAATAGACGACCAGCCCAATTGCGGCCCATAATGGACGACCTAGGGTTGGCCGCCCCTAGGGGCTGCGCCCCCTCTCTATTTATTCAGGAGCTGCGCCTCCTTTATTTGCTGAGTTTTGTTTTACGTTAGCCTTAGCTACTCTCGAACACGCGCAAATCTGCGTTGTCTTCGTGTATTCAGAACTCCACCCTCGAGTAATAGATTAGATTGCTCGCATCTTGTTCTTGTTCGTTCTTCGATTGCGCACAGGAAACGATCTTCGTGATCAGGCCGATCTCGCATCAGCAAGGTCGGTAACCACAGGGAGTTGGTTCAGCGATTGCATTGGCGCCTCGGGCTTGCTCGTCGTAGTCGGATCGCAAGGGTCATCTTCCGCCAAATCGGAATTATCTCTACTCGCCGAAAGATCGGGCACCTCAGCT"}