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SAMtools

set of software utilities for interacting with and post-processing short DNA sequence read alignments
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SAMtools

Summary

SAMtools is a free software[1]. SAMtools has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • SAMtools's instance of is recorded as free software[3].
  • SAMtools's developer is recorded as Heng Li[4].
  • SAMtools's copyright license is recorded as Expat license[5].
  • SAMtools's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[6].
  • SAMtools's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[7].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8[8].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7[9].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.6[10].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5[11].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.4.1[12].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.4[13].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.3.1[14].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.3[15].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2[16].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9[17].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.10[18].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.11[19].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.12[20].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.13[21].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.14[22].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.15[23].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.15.1[24].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.16[25].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.16.1[26].
  • SAMtools's software version identifier is recorded as 1.17[27].

Body

Publication

SAMtools was released on 2009[28].

Why It Matters

SAMtools has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

bioinformatics free software science Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Open Hub. Retrieved . openhub.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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