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      • Bioinformatics Applications of Unix
        • Unix commands applied to bioinformatics
        • Manipulate NGS files using UNIX commands
        • Manipulate alignment files using UNIX commands
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        • Obtaining genomic data from the UCSC database using table browser queries
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        • Building Network for Your Experimental Data
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About the Unix Shell
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