GAF files in pangenomics

Question

[Pooja]

I have been working on NCBI-submitted data, I downloaded the GAF file but am unable to view the file. Can anyone suggest to me which tool should I use to view the GAF file and how to execute it?

[colindaven]

Please change the title to something meaningful, thanks

[Ram]

Adding to this, the title field is not to enter your job title - it's like a subject line for the body of your post.

Answer 1

[colindaven]

A GAF file is a Graph Alignment Format file. You can read it with a text file viewer like notepad++ or less

See it and other pangenome formats here:

https://github.com/colindaven/awesome-pangenomes