bamtools
brew install bamtools
v2.5.3_1
MIT
C++ API and command-line toolkit for BAM data
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★ GitHub stars · updated 1y ago
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Links
- https://github.com/pezmaster31/bamtools
- GitHub: pezmaster31/bamtools
- Brew formula source: Formula/b/bamtools.rb
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