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 # gga_load_data tools
 
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 The gga_load_data tools allow automated deployment of GMOD visualisation tools (Chado, Tripal, JBrowse, Galaxy) for a bunch of genomes and datasets. 
 They are based on the [Galaxy Genome Annotation (GGA) project](https://galaxy-genome-annotation.github.io).