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 The data analysis pipeline was then implemented into the Nextflow framework (nf-core/sammyseq ) by Lucio Di Filippo (ISASI-CNR, Pozzuoli) and Margherita Mutarelli (ISASI-CNR).
 
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 ## Acknowledgements
 
 The development of this pipeline was made possible thanks to the projects Progetti@CNR Myo-CoV-2 B93C20046330005, AFM Téléthon EDMD-GenomeSCAN B53C22009260007 and PIR01_00011 I.Bi.S.Co. Infrastruttura per Big data e Scientific COmputing (PON 2014-2020).