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 Install the GRCh37 human genome reference, cytoband and chain file
 ```
-wget -O- ftp://ftp.1000genomes.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/ftp/technical/reference/human_g1k_v37.fasta.gz | \
-  gzip -d > $HOME/GRCh37/human_g1k_v37.fasta
+wget --continue 'ftp://ftp.1000genomes.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/ftp/technical/reference/human_g1k_v37.fasta.gz' -O $HOME/GRCh37/human_g1k_v37.fasta.gz
+gzip -d $HOME/GRCh37/human_g1k_v37.fasta.gz
 samtools faidx $HOME/GRCh37/human_g1k_v37.fasta
 bwa index $HOME/GRCh37/human_g1k_v37.fasta
 wget -P $HOME/GRCh37 http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hg19/database/cytoBand.txt.gz