HI!
It's going to be a stupid question since I'm not anyhow related to bioinformatics - I'm interested into how can I obtain the number of base pairs in my genome sample. I'm trying to remake the experiment that was made in an article - and since the authors are not responsive, I'm posting my question here. The authors stated they only picked samples with at least 1 billion bases for further analysis. I downloaded the data from ENA repository, got a bunch of files - the data is metagenome data. I checked the quality with FastQC and mapped them to GRCh37 - the authors used it as a reference genome. Now I'm trying to figure out how to obtain the number of base pairs for my sample? Is it stated somewhere in FastQC reports or can I obtain it using IGV or some other tool? I'm lost at this point.
Thank you for your help.
BR,
Nika
p.s.: if my post is not according to the guidance for posts, I'm really sorry. It's because when I click on Posting Guide under See Posting Guide for guidance on creating a post it just returns to homepage stating the post doesn't exist anymore.
Thank you so much for your reply! I tried it and it works - thanks a lot, that's just what I needed!