What are SAM/BAM files? What is the difference between to the two?
samtoolsis a popular program for working with alignment data. What are three common tasks that this software is used for?
Why might you want to visualize alignment data and what are two program that can be used for this?
Describe what VCF file is?
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a) **What are SAM/BAM files? What is the difference between to the two?**
b) **`samtools`is a popular program for working with alignment data. What are three common tasks that this software is used for?**
c) **Why might you want to visualize alignment data and what are two program that can be used for this?**
d) **Describe what VCF file is?**