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Illumina iGenomes

The Illumina igenomes are a collection of reference sequences and annotation files for commonly analyzed organisms in genomics. They are used as a standard reference for various applications, including variant calling, alignment, and annotation.

Illumina iGenomes on Euler

Euler provides a local copy of the Illumina iGenomes database at

/cluster/project/igenomes
This database contains reference sequences and annotation files for a variety of organisms, including human, mouse, rat, and many others. You can use these reference files in your genomics analyses without needing to download them from the internet, which saves time and bandwidth. You can access the database using any tool or library that supports the iGenomes format, such as GATK or Samtools.