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Interactive lessons in bioinformatics.
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Do we start working in sequences in fasta format or fastq format? #275

Open corburn opened 7 years ago

corburn commented 7 years ago

From a bioinformatics standpoint, we usually start working with sequence in fasta format

https://github.com/caporaso-lab/An-Introduction-To-Applied-Bioinformatics/blame/51cdcee6519ffc6ea2741694cd456d68f6868072/book/exercises/multiple-sequence-alignment.md#L8

Why does the book claim we usually start working with sequences in fasta format?

For example, in the Qiime Moving Picture Tutorial do we start working with sequences in fasta format or fastq format?