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# [SAMtools] Remove duplicates

This wrapper for SAMtools rmdup removes duplicate reads with identical start coordinates from BAM files by running the command

    samtools rmdup - -

By default single-end reads are included in duplicate removal. Paired-end reads can optionally be treated as single-end reads.

See also

http://samtools.sourceforge.net/samtools.shtml

See also

[BetterRMDup] Remove duplicates for the improved capabilities of Alexander Peltzer’s BetterRMDup tool

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