# lastz

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** lastz
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [http://www.bx.psu.edu/~rsharris/lastz/](http://www.bx.psu.edu/~rsharris/lastz/)

## Software Description

LASTZ is a program for aligning DNA sequences, a pairwise aligner.
Originally designed to handle sequences the size of human chromosomes
and from different species, it is also useful for sequences produced by
NGS sequencing technologies such as Roche 454.
## General Linux

To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command:

	module load lastz

Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of lastz available.
To see which modules are available for loading you can run:

	module avail lastz