Sam- Fl.zip Apr 2026

It contains 11 mandatory fields for essential alignment information (such as query name, flag, reference sequence name, position, mapping quality, etc.) and a variable number of optional fields.

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While optional, keeping the header (which includes details like @SQ for reference sequences and @RG for read groups) is highly recommended. It contains 11 mandatory fields for essential alignment

It is designed for short and long reads generated by sequencing platforms and is standard within the Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK). reference sequence name