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Command Line Tools for Genomic Data Science (Coursera)

Offered by Johns Hopkins University,

Introduces to the commands that you need to manage and analyze directories, files, and large sets of genomic data. This is the fourth course in the Genomic Big Data Science Specialization from Johns Hopkins University.

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Course of the 5 of 8 of the Genomic Data Science Specialization.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
In this module, you will be introduced to command Line Tools for Genomic Data Science

WEEK 2
In this module, we'll be taking a look at Sequences and Genomic Features in a sequence of 10 presentations.

WEEK 3
In this module, we'll be going over Alignment and Sequence Variation in another sequence of 8 presentations.

WEEK 4
In this module, we'll be going over Tools for Transcriptomics in a sequence of 6 presentations.

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