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Next-Generation Sequencing Data Analysis, 2nd Edition
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Next-Generation Sequencing Data Analysis, 2nd Edition

by Xinkun Wang
July 2023
Intermediate to advanced
434 pages
15h 16m
English
CRC Press
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Appendix I
Common File Types Used in NGS
Data Analysis
BAM: A le format for storing reads alignment data. It is the binary version
of the SAM format (see below). Compared to its equivalent SAM le, a
BAM le is considerably smaller in size and much faster to load. Unlike
SAM les, however, the BAM format is not human- readable. BAM les
have a le extension of .bam. Some tools require BAM les to be indexed.
Besides the .bam le, an indexed BAM le also has a companion index
le of the same name but with a different le extension (.bai).
BCF: Binary VCF (see VCF). While it is equivalent to VCF, BCF is much
smaller in le size due to compression, ...
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