Reference Genomes Fasta

Why are reference genomes in fasta format? Would not sam make more sense? Thank You.

genome sequencing alignment

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updated 10.4 years ago by GenoMax

• written 10.4 years ago by jmckow1 •

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Fasta format is widely used for various bioinformatics analyses/tools and has been in use for years. Not everyone does NGS related data analysis, where the SAM format originated and is prevalent.

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written 10.4 years ago by GenoMax

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