Why is it called Galaxy
Once upon a time there was the Genome ALignment and Annotation database or GALA, which allowed for analysis of genomic elements alongside comparative genomic information. However, this tool supported only a few analyses. What-would-be-galaxy was born from the idea of being able to easily take any existing analysis tool and quickly integrate it into this platform. But what should we call this next direction? Bob Harris suggested the use of X/Y to represent this "next dimension" of analysis. GALA + XY ⟶ GALAXY ⟶ Galaxy.
Or at least this is how I remember it.
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