minimap2

Minimap2 is a fast sequence mapping and alignment program that can find overlaps between long noisy reads, or map long reads or their assemblies to a reference genome optionally with detailed alignment (i.e. CIGAR). At present, it works efficiently with query sequences from a few kilobases to ~100 megabases in length at an error rate ~15%. Minimap2 outputs in the PAF or the SAM format. On limited test data sets, minimap2 is over 20 times faster than most other long-read aligners. It will replace BWA-MEM for long reads and contig alignment.

More Information

For more information visit the minimap2 website.

Available Versions

These versions of minimap2 are available on the BEAR systems (BlueBEAR and BEAR Cloud VMs). These will be retained in accordance with our Applications Support and Retention Policy.