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aligning 2 fasta file genomes

Hi all,

Is there a way to align 2 fasta file genomes? Since bwa and bowtie2 cant read large genomes with more than one sequence. The fasta files are about 2GB in size.

Taimur

linux genome

You can also check programs like mauve (LINK) and lastz (LINK).

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There are tools specifically designed to align genomes, mummer for example.

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