# Before Start

## What is ALLCools?

### Developer

Hanqing Liu

## How to use it?

## Before ALLCools?

Check out [YAP](https://hq-1.gitbook.io/mc/), the mapping pipeline for data generated by the single-cell methylome based sequencing technologies. YAP deals with demultiplexing single-cell data and mapping FASTQ files to BAM and then generate the ALLC files.


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