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6.4 years ago
Gennady Khvorykh
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Does BGIseq 500 produce raw data files similar to Illumina's bcl ones? What extension do they have? Which folder does it write them? Your experience are quite appreciated.
While someone may answer this question I am under the impression that not many (if any) have this sequencer outside China. Ultimately Ultimately the data produced is standard fastq based on data one can find in EBI-ENA.
Thank you for the comment. I'm curious about raw data that precede the fastq files. In the case of Illumina, these are bcl files. They represent the intensities which are further converted to sequences given as fastq files. The conversion is made automatically but sometimes there is a need to do it with hands. In the case of BGIseq 500, I need to figure out how bcl-like files are given.