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How convert a fastQ file to a Sam/Bam file

Hello, I need call some snps, and in the programs that I use will need the input file in .bam, but my files are in .fastq

Can someone help me?

I use ubuntu os

sam snp bam

1 answer

You need a reference genome against which you are going to align the reads against depending on your organism, an aligner tool that depends on your technology (like bwa mem, bowtie2).

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