BWA is a software package for mapping low-divergent sequences against a large reference genome, such as the human genome. It consists of three algorithms: BWA-backtrack, BWA-SW and BWA-MEM.
Availability and Restrictions
Versions
The following versions of BWA are available on OSC clusters:
| Version | Owens | Pitzer | Cardinal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.7.17-r1198 | X* | X* | |
| 0.7.17 | X |
* Current default version
You can use module spider bwa to view available modules for a given machine. Feel free to contact OSC Help if you need other versions for your work.
Access
BWA is available to all OSC users. If you have any questions, please contact OSC Help.
Publisher/Vendor/Repository and License Type
Li H. and Durbin R., Open source
Usage
Usage on Owens
Set-up
To configure your environment for use of BWA, run the following command:
module load bwa. The default version will be loaded. To select a particular BWA version, use module load bwa/version. For example, use module load bwa/0.7.13 to load BWA 0.7.13.Usage on Pitzer
Set-up
To configure your environment for use of BWA, run the following command:
module load bwa. The default version will be loaded.Further Reading
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