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 1. Read QC ([`FastQC`](https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/))
 2. Performs optional read pre-processing
    - Adapter clipping and merging (short read: [fastp](https://github.com/OpenGene/fastp), [AdapterRemoval2](https://github.com/MikkelSchubert/adapterremoval); long read: [porechop](https://github.com/rrwick/Porechop))