def read_sequence(fasta_path: str) -> str:
    """ Read .fasta file and return only the sequence, removing comments and newlines
    """
    l = []
    with open(fasta_path, "r") as f:
        for line in f:
            if line.startswith(">"):
                continue
            l.append(line.replace("\n", ""))
    genome = "".join(l)
    return genome