NGS introduction to file formats

Keywords

HTS-introduction, FASTQ, BAM, VCF, WIG, CRAM, GFF3

Authors

• Frederik Coppens (@frcop)

Type

• Lecture

Description

This sub-module gives an overview of the most used file formats in Next Generation Sequencing analysis

Aims

The aim of this sub-module is to make you aware of the different file formats commonly used in NGS data analysis and their features.

Prerequisites

• None

Target audience

beginner, biologist

Learning objectives

• List file formats used in NGS
• Discuss the features of data formats, focussing on FastQ files and alignment files

Materials

• NGSintroduction2fileformats.pdf

Data

*not applicable

Timing

2h

Content stability

Stable

Technical requirements

• None

Literature references

• None