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A Python-based programming language for high-performance computational genomics

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Ariya Shajii, Ibrahim Numanagić.

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  1. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Ariya Shajii, Ibrahim Numanagić, Alexander T. Leighton, Saman Amarasinghe & Bonnie Berger

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Ibrahim Numanagić & Haley Greenyer

  3. Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Alexander T. Leighton & Bonnie Berger

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Shajii, A., Numanagić, I., Leighton, A.T. et al. A Python-based programming language for high-performance computational genomics. Nat Biotechnol 39, 1062–1064 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-021-00985-6

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