How convert a fastQ file to a Sam/Bam file

Question

[Adriel Rosa]

Hello, I need call some snps, and in the programs that I use will need the input file in .bam, but my files are in .fastq

Can someone help me?

I use ubuntu os

[grant.hovhannisyan]

what is the organism that you work with?

Answer 1

[WouterDeCoster]

You need a reference genome against which you are going to align the reads against depending on your organism, an aligner tool that depends on your technology (like bwa mem, bowtie2).