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 FaQCs: Quality Control of Next Generation Sequencing Data . [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD%203--Clause-blue.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause) [![install with bioconda](https://img.shields.io/badge/install%20with-bioconda-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square)](http://bioconda.github.io/recipes/faqcs/README.html)
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 ![3D QC plot](http://oi61.tinypic.com/n36p9x.jpg)
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+#### FaQCs versions 2.x was rewritten by Jason Gans (jgans at lanl.gov) wiht C++. It speeds up more than 10x compared to version 1.x in Perl script.
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 PREREQUISITES
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