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FASTQ

Definition
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FASTQ is a text format for sequencing reads that stores the read identifier, nucleotide sequence, a separator line, and per-base quality scores.

Topics
Bioinformatics Formats
URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/docs/submitformats/#fastq-files
Related
FASTA Variant Variant Calling

Why it matters in GWAS

When GWAS starts from sequencing data, FASTQ is the earliest data layer and directly affects downstream alignment, variant calling quality, and final association reliability.

Example usage

"We performed adapter trimming and quality filtering on FASTQ files before alignment."

FASTA Variant Variant Calling
Related-term network

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Node order. The current term is first. Next come every page linked from Related terms, in the same top-to-bottom order as that list. Then new terms appear in two-hop layers: for each of those direct neighbors (in that same order), their related terms are appended if not already listed. A third pass does the same for two-hop nodes. The walk stops when a fixed maximum number of nodes is reached.

References

  • Cock PJA, et al. (2010). The Sanger FASTQ file format for sequences with quality scores, and the Solexa/Illumina FASTQ variants. Nucleic Acids Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkp1137
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