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 6. Summary with MulitQC.
 
 > [!WARNING]
-> We strongly suggest users to specify the lineage using the `--busco_lineage` parameter, as setting the lineage to `auto` (value by default) might cause problems with `[BUSCO]` during the leneage determination step.
+> We strongly suggest users to specify the lineage using the `--busco_lineage` parameter, as setting the lineage to `auto` (default value) might cause problems with `[BUSCO]` during the leneage determination step.
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > `BUSCO_IDEOGRAM` will only plot those chromosomes -or scaffolds- that contain single copy markers.