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# Bionix examples
-This directory has a few example workflows in bionix along with example data.
-A basic workflow is defined in `call.nix`, and an example of applying it to the
-sample data is in `default.nix`. To build the `default.nix` workflow, run
-```
-nix build
-```
-from this directory.
+This directory has a few example workflows in bionix along with example
+data. A basic workflow is defined in `call.nix`, and an example of
+applying it to the sample data is in `default.nix`. To build the
+`default.nix` workflow, run ```nix build``` from this directory.
## NextFlow and WDL translations
-The directories `ex-nextflow` and `ex-wdl` contain translated examples from the
-NextFlow and WDL documentation respectively.
+The directories `ex-nextflow` and `ex-wdl` contain translated examples
+from the NextFlow and WDL documentation respectively.
The NextFlow translated example does not come with example data. It can be built with
```
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## Example script wrapper
-`ex-tnpair` contains a shell script based example on how a front-end for users
-might be constructed. It is a simple tumour-normal somatic calling workflow
-using the Strelka variant caller.
+`ex-tnpair` contains a shell script based example on how a front-end for
+users might be constructed. It is a simple tumour-normal somatic calling
+workflow using the Strelka variant caller. The script accepts a
+reference fasta along with paired normal and tumor fastq files and
+performs alignment, preprocessing, and variant calling with
+[`strelka`](https://github.com/Illumina/strelka).
+