cytoBand defines cytogenic bands. This annotation source gives the approximate location of these bands as seen on Giemsa-stained chromosomes. This data was downloaded from the UCSC Genome Browser database (http://genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgTables).
The following fields are available for annotation.
vtools show annotation cytoBand -v2
DEBUG: Opening project temp.proj
DEBUG: Loading annotation database cytoBand
DEBUG: Loading annotation database gwasCatalog
Annotation database cytoBand (version hg19_20111216)
Description: Cyto Band
Database type: range
Number of records: 862
Number of distinct ranges: 862
Reference genome hg19: ['chr', 'begin', 'end']
Field: chr
Type: chromosome
Missing entries: 0
Unique Entries: 24
Field: begin
Type: integer
Comment: start position on chromosome
Missing entries: 0
Unique Entries: 667
Range: 1 - 243700001
Field: end
Type: integer
Comment: end position on chromosome
Missing entries: 0
Unique Entries: 690
Range: 2200000 - 249250621
Field: name
Type: string
Comment: name of cytogenic band
Missing entries: 0
Unique Entries: 259
Field: gieStain
Type: string
Comment: giemsa stain results
Missing entries: 0
Unique Entries: 8