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====== 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: 0.7.18
  * Added: April, 2013
  * Updated: August, 2024
  * Link: https://github.com/lh3/bwa

===== Usage =====

See versions which are available:

<code>$ module avail bwa</code>

Load one version into your environment and run it:

<code>$ module load bwa/0.7.18
$ bwa</code>

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

<code>$ cd /tmp
$ git clone https://github.com/lh3/bwa.git -b v0.7.18
$ cd bwa
$ make
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/bwa/0.7.18/{bin,share/man/man1}
$ sudo cp bwa *.pl /export/apps/bwa/0.7.18/bin
$ sudo cp bwa.1 /export/apps/bwa/0.7.18/share/man/man1
$ sudo cp -rv bwakit/ /export/apps/bwa/0.7.18</code>