[R] how to read .bam file

[peter dalgaard]

On Aug 10, 2012, at 08:24 , mengxin wrote:

> Hi all:
> I've got a data of ".bam" which is created from my partner under linux sysyem.
> My system is window xp, and I wanna know how to read the .bam file.
> 

An what is the .bam file supposed to contain? You are really not giving us much of a clue, are you?

I'd venture a guess that it is something with genomic alignment files, in which case you need to see the Bioconductor folks over on their mailing lists. However, it could be a multitude of other things, like "Bob's Adlib Music" of "Bravo Archived Media"...

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