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FastQC quality control graphics for publication?

Hi all,

I would like to know if the graphics provided by FastQC are good to be used for a publication or should I used another programm for quality control?

Thanks for the help

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updated by Ram Ram • written by bondcarbond • bondcarbond

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I would say is fine. I found this type of graphics in many different publications

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written by Antonio R. Franco Antonio R. Franco

If you do want more control over the graphics, you could use fastqp, which implements much of what FastQC performs, but produces different graphics and a tidy text output for custom plotting.

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written by Matt Shirley Matt Shirley

If you think you might want higher quality images, you could load the FastQC data into R and plot them?

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written by James Ashmore James Ashmore

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