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featurecounts index bai file

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Is indexed bam file (.bai) file required for featureCounts? In HTSeq-counts it was required.

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No. Please see the manual, it instructs at no point to index the BAM file which makes sense because for paired-end data it anyway requires grouping by name and indexing requires grouping by coordinate.

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