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Downloading the latest human genome

Hello,

I want to download the entire latest human genome for using it as a reference in mapping to RNA-seq data. I am aware that I can do that with the following link: ftp://ftp.ensembl.org/pub/release-90/fasta/homo_sapiens/dna/

However, I want one fasta file with all chromosomes. Is there any way to download it? Or I have to download individually and concatenate it?

Thank you in advance

fasta human-genome
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updated by Ram Ram • written by KVC_bioinfo KVC_bioinfo

This does not give me one file.

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written by KVC_bioinfo KVC_bioinfo

Link has been updated. Try now.

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written by GenoMax GenoMax

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Just check the Readme file in the same folder. I guess you need Primary or Toplevel file. Look up for more information in case and decide accordingly.

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written by Satyajeet Khare Satyajeet Khare

There are many places to download the full human genome, I suggest gencode:

Genome sequence, primary assembly (GRCh38)

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written by tiago211287 tiago211287

Gencode is my favorite clean and clear

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written by shoujun.gu shoujun.gu

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