last

last is a software module available on Comet.

To access last on Comet, run module load last. This will load the default version of last.

An overview of the module information is shown below (module -r spider ^last$):

last: last/1422
    Description:
      LAST - Local Alignment Search Tool for DNA and protein sequences

    This module can be loaded directly: module load last/1422

    Help:
      LAST is a sequence alignment program designed for comparing large sets of DNA or protein sequences. It is particularly good for aligning reads or genomes with high accuracy and speed.
      
      Tools included:
        - lastal: perform alignments
        - lastdb: create searchable databases
        - last-train: estimate scoring parameters
        - last-split: split alignments
        - Additional utilities for FASTA/FASTQ and MAF file processing
      
      Website: https://gitlab.com/mcfrith/last

If there are multiple versions of last listed, then you can load a specific version as follows:

$ module load last/version_string

You can find the most up to date information whilst logged on to Comet by running module -r spider ^last$.

The module last has the following embedded help text (module help last):

LAST is a sequence alignment program designed for comparing large sets of DNA or protein sequences. It is particularly good for aligning reads or genomes with high accuracy and speed.

Tools included:
  - lastal: perform alignments
  - lastdb: create searchable databases
  - last-train: estimate scoring parameters
  - last-split: split alignments
  - Additional utilities for FASTA/FASTQ and MAF file processing

Website: https://gitlab.com/mcfrith/last

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