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Biodiversity Genomics Academy 2023: Aligning whole genomes using Cactus

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Aligning whole genomes using Cactus

This session is part of Biodiversity Genomics Academy 2023

Session Leader(s)

Chiara Bortoluzzi, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Thiago A.L. Genez, European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom

Description

By the end of this session you will be able to:

  1. Run cactus yourself
  2. Understand how the cactus algorithm works
  3. Understand what input data are required in cactus
  4. Get familiar with some downstream analyses that require a multiple sequence alignment

Prerequisites

  • Expertise with linux command line basics
  • Understanding of basic concepts of multiple sequence alignments

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