Caution

These documents refer to an obsolete way of installing and running FALCON. They will remain up for historical context and for individuals still using the older version of FALCON/FALCON_unzip.

Attention

The current PacBio Assembly suite documentation which includes new bioconda instructions for installing FALCON, FALCON_unzip and their associated dependencies can be found here pb_assembly

FALCON Assembler

FALCON is a diploid aware genome assembler designed for Pacific Biosciences long read data.

• About - About FALCON
• Quick Start - Want to start using FALCON immediately?
• Tutorial - Follow an example on how to run FALCON
• Pipeline - How does a FALCON job work?
• Commands - Information on the different commands used
• Parameters - Descriptions of parameters found in fc_run.cfg
• Glossary - Glossary of FALCON jargon
• Frequently Asked Questions - Frequently asked questions
• Changelog - Changes
• Resources - Talks and slides about PacBio
• Running Unzip on HGAP4 output - How to run apply Unzip on finished HGAP4 jobs?