How to Install maq in Ubuntu 18.04



Install maq by entering the following commands in the terminal:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install maq

Description:

maps short fixed-length polymorphic DNA sequence reads to reference sequences

Maq (short for Mapping and Assembly with Quality) builds mapping assemblies from short reads generated by the next-generation sequencing machines. It was particularly designed for Illumina-Solexa 1G Genetic Analyzer, and has a preliminary functionality to handle ABI SOLiD data. Maq is previously known as mapass2. . Developmemt of Maq stopped in 2008. Its successors are BWA and SAMtools.

Homepage: http://maq.sourceforge.net/

Version: 0.7.1-7

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