BLASR (Basic Local Alignment with Successive Refinement) — PacBio long-read aligner for mapping SMRT sequencing reads to reference genomes. Uses suffix array indexing and global chaining for seed-and-
Use with AI
Install the MCP server or CLI to instantly fetch BLASR documentation:
Install command
claude mcp add biocontext7 -- npx @biocontext7/mcpOr share this page: biocontext7.com/tools/blasr
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