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FastQC

FastQC

Version:

0.11.7

Dependency:

Java for GUI. Module loaded for Java 1.8.0_102.

URL:

https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/

Documentation:

https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/Help/

FastQC aims to provide a simple way to do some quality control checks on raw sequence data coming from high throughput sequencing pipelines. It provides a modular set of analyses which you can use to give a quick impression of whether your data has any problems of which you should be aware before doing any further analysis.

Usage

FastQC version can be activated using the module file:

module load apps/FastQC/0.11.7/binary

Then run using the command fastqc.

Installation notes

FastQC was installed using the install_fastqc.sh script, the module file is 0.11.7.