#BGA23/sessions#Workshop#Cactus#Alignments#Tools
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This session is part of BGA23
Session Leader(s)
Chiara Bortoluzzi, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Thiago A.L. Genez, European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
Description
GitHub:: https://github.com/BGAcademy23/cactus
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Run cactus yourself
- Understand how the cactus algorithm works
- Understand what input data are required in cactus
- Get familiar with some downstream analyses that require a multiple sequence alignment
Prerequisites
- Expertise with linux command line basics
- Understanding of basic concepts of multiple sequence alignments
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