# Integrative Genomics Viewer

The Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) is a powerful and user-friendly visualization tool used in bioinformatics to explore and analyze large-scale genomic data. It supports a wide range of data types, including sequence alignments, variant calls, and gene annotations, making it an essential tool for researchers and clinicians. IGV provides interactive, high-performance visualization capabilities, allowing users to zoom in on specific genomic regions, view multiple data tracks, and easily identify patterns and anomalies. By offering an intuitive interface and robust visualization features, IGV facilitates the interpretation and understanding of complex genomic datasets.

Here is a link to the [IGV Desktop application](https://igv.org/doc/desktop/##_top)

Watch this video for a more detailed introduction to IGV.

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### Materials

You can use the following **bam** and **gff** files, which are similar to the examples presented in the video.&#x20;

The files are stored in the following directory on the server:

> \#bam file
>
> sam\_bam/Sars\_cov\_2.bam
>
> \#gff file
>
> gtf\_gff/Sars\_cov\_2.gff

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