deeptools - NGS data analysis with deepTools
Processes sequencing alignments, performs quality control and normalization, compares samples, and generates genomic signal visualizations.
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Updated: 2026-10-04Capabilities
Typical Inputs
What this skill does
- Convert BAM to coverage tracks
- Validate BAM, BED, and bigWig
- Assess sequencing quality
- Compare and correlate samples
- Generate heatmaps and profiles
- Analyze enrichment and peaks
Inputs
- BAM alignment files
- BAM index files
- BED region files
- bigWig signal files
- Reference genome information
- Analysis parameters
Outputs
- bigWig coverage tracks
- bedGraph coverage tracks
- Quality control reports
- Correlation and PCA results
- Heatmaps and profile plots
- Workflow scripts
Requirements
- Python 3.12 or later
- deepTools 4.0.0
- pysam and pyBigWig
- samtools for sorting and indexing workflows
