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CRAM

A compressed format for aligned reads that references an external reference genome. Reduces storage compared to BAM when many samples share the same reference.

Example in a sentence

We stored alignments in CRAM to save space.

Key facts

  • Reference-based compression; smaller than BAM.
  • Requires same reference to decode.

Category: File Formats

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