Genomic Archive

Path: /archive/genomic-sequencing/human/hg38.fasta.gz

Reference Build: GRCh38 (Genome Reference Consortium Human Build 38)

Organism: Homo sapiens (Human)

File Type: FASTA (compressed with Gzip)

Description: This archive contains the primary reference sequence for the human genome, version GRCh38. This file is essential for aligning sequencing reads, annotating genes, and performing comparative genomics.

Details:

• Contains the assembled chromosomes, unplaced scaffolds, and mitochondrion.
• The sequence is in FASTA format, a common plain-text format for representing nucleotide or peptide sequences.
• Compressed using Gzip for efficient storage and faster download.