Description

Maq stands for Mapping and Assembly with Quality It builds assembly by mapping short reads to reference sequences.

Documentation:

Required Modules

From the Maq website:

Follow these steps to run Maq. All you need is a reference sequence file in the FASTA format.

Prepare a reference sequence (ref.fasta), better a bacterial genome to make the test run faster.

Simulate diploid reference and read sequences, map reads, call variants and evaluate the results in one go:

maq.pl demo ref.fasta calib-30.dat

where calib-30.dat is contained in maq-data.

View the alignment:

cd maqdemo/easyrun;
maqindex -i -c consensus.cns all.map;
maqview -c consensus.cns all.map

Even for advanced maq users, running `maq.pl demo' is recommended. You may find something helpful.