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Bioinformatics & Analysis

Learn basic concepts and advanced techniques in bioinformatics analysis. Learn best practices and specialized tools in different NGS technologies.

FASTQ file format

FASTQ format is a human-readable file format that stores the nucleotide base sequences, the calculated confidence for each base in a sequence, and information describing the origin of the read down to its position on the sequencing platform flow-cell.

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What are SAM & BAM files?

In bioinformatics, alignment data for large numbers of aligned reads are often output as a sequence alignment and map (SAM) or binary alignment and map (BAM) file.

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What are Phred scores?

Quality score is the most formal name for describing the confidence assigned to some call made during next-gen sequencing (NGS).

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