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GenoMax · 06-06-2019, 05:08 AM

If you are planning to use SMRTlink then use the bax and bas files.

There are other options like flye (https://github.com/fenderglass/Flye ) and canu (https://github.com/marbl/canu) that may be better than SMRTlink and they can use the fastq files.

06-06-2019, 05:08 AM	#2
GenoMax Senior Member Location: East Coast USA Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 7,087	If you are planning to use SMRTlink then use the bax and bas files. There are other options like flye (https://github.com/fenderglass/Flye ) and canu (https://github.com/marbl/canu) that may be better than SMRTlink and they can use the fastq files.