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diff --git a/academic/fastqc/README b/academic/fastqc/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ef3be171ac64 --- /dev/null +++ b/academic/fastqc/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +FastQC: A quality control tool for high throughput sequence data + +FastQC aims to provide a simple way to do some quality control checks +on raw sequence data coming from high throughput sequencing pipelines. +It 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. + +The main functions of FastQC are + +- 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 |