[SAMtools] Remove duplicates ---------------------------- This wrapper for SAMtools `rmdup` removes duplicate reads with identical start coordinates from BAM files by running the command :: samtools rmdup - - By default single-end reads are included in duplicate removal. Paired-end reads can optionally be treated as single-end reads. .. seealso:: http://samtools.sourceforge.net/samtools.shtml .. seealso:: :ref:`better_remove_duplicates` for the improved capabilities of Alexander Peltzer's `BetterRMDup` tool