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-**Note: [minimap2][minimap2] has replaced BWA-MEM for PacBio and Nanopore read
+**Note: [minimap2][minimap2] has replaced BWA-MEM for __PacBio and Nanopore__ read
 alignment.** It retains all major BWA-MEM features, but is ~50 times as fast,
 more versatile, more accurate and produces better base-level alignment.