# An introduction of UCSC Genome Browser

> The UCSC Genome Browser ([http://genome.ucsc.edu/](http://genome.ucsc.edu/)) is developed and maintained by the Genome Bioinformatics Group, a cross-departmental team within the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and the Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering (CBSE) at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC).

The UCSC Genome Browser provides a graphical interface to examine various data types (such as sequences, features, annotations, comparative analysis, etc.) from many genomes, ranging from yeast to humans. The straight-forward access to the wealth of data available via the Genome Browser is fundamental to genomic research.
