# Genomes Many Bioinformatics workflows require aligning things to genomes, or some kind of genome 'context' in which to operate. iMaps therefore provides reference genomes for common model organisms, which can be easily selected when running these pipelines. The files for a genome are generated by the Prepare Genome pipeline. Each species will have one 'reference genome' - the public, iMaps-provided default version for that species - and there may be others that can be used as well. Anyone can run the Prepare Genome pipeline to generate versions of those genomes that are best suited to your research if the defaults do not suffice. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.imaps.goodwright.com/fundamentals/genomes.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.