FastQC is an open source software that provide a simple way to do some quality control checks on raw sequence data coming from high throughput sequencing pipelines.
FastQC provides a modular set of analyses which you can use to give a quick impression of whether your data has any problems of which you should be aware before doing any further analysis.
Here are some key features of "FastQC":
· Import of data from BAM, SAM or FastQ files (any variant)
· Providing a quick overview to tell you in which areas there may be problems
· Summary graphs and tables to quickly assess your data
· Export of results to an HTML based permanent report
· Offline operation to allow automated generation of reports without running the interactive application
Requirements:
· Java
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Made all graphs easier to interpret
· Added an option to analyse only mapped sequences from a BAM/SAM file
· Added an option to analyse two or more files in parallel