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QUAST - Quality Assessment Tool for Genome Assemblies

QUAST evaluates genome assemblies by computing various metrics. The bundle packages version 5.2.0.

Usage example

The following command can be executed in the terminal to load the bundle:

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module load quast

The QUAST utilities can be run as shown as below:

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quast
quast-download-gridss
quast-download-silva
icarus.py
metaquast.py
quast-lg.py
quast.py

The quast_shell command can be used to access a shell in the bundle.

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quast_shell

Performance notes

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Benchmarks

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Community guides and tutorials

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Official site and documentation

Licensing information

QUAST is licensed under the GPLv2 license.

Primary citation

External guides and resources

  • If you know of a guide/tutorial that you have found useful, please help us share it by contacting the HPC staff at hpc@ufs.ac.za