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-# Long_read_assembly
+## Getting Started
 
-##test
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+```sh
+# Install hifiasm and miniasm (requiring g++ and zlib)
+git clone https://github.com/chhylp123/hifiasm.git
+cd hifiasm && make
+# Assembly (corrected reads are at NA12878.asm.fa, assembly graph is at NA12878.asm.fa.gfa)
+./hifiasm -w -l -q NA12878.fq.gz -o NA12878.asm.fa -k 40 -t 32 -r 2 -a 4 -z 0
+```
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