====== Burrows-Wheeler Aligner======
BWA is a software package for mapping low-divergent sequences against a large reference genome, such as the human genome.

===== Information =====

  * Latest version: 0.7.17
  * Added: April, 2013
  * Updated: June, 2020
  * Link: https://github.com/lh3/bwa

===== Usage =====

See versions of bwa which are available:

<code>$ module avail bwa</code>

Load one version into your environment and run it:

<code>$ module load bwa/0.7.17</code>

===== Installation ======
Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

<code>
$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://github.com/lh3/bwa/releases/download/v0.7.17/bwa-0.7.17.tar.bz2
$ tar xf bwa-0.7.17.tar.bz2 
$ cd bwa-0.7.17
$ make
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/bwa/0.7.17/{bin,share/man/man1}
$ sudo cp bwa *.pl /export/apps/bwa/0.7.17/bin
$ sudo cp -rv bwakit/ /export/apps/bwa/0.7.17
</code>