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Genomic Data Storage in Azure: Basic Compression for Mapped Sequencing Data

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Jan 23, 2023
In this article, we show how compressing mapped (aligned) genomic sequencing data (BAM files) using the CRAM standard can reduce storage size (and cost) by around 63% at a compression cost of under a...
Updated Jan 25, 2023
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arnaudceol
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Jan 25, 2023

Thanks for this post. I think it is interesting for the researchers to see data compression in the context of cost and saving. You may want to add a short note to clarify on wether this compression is lossy or lossless, as this is often what makes researchers hesitate about the adoption of compression for genomics data.