Difference between revisions of "VCF"
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BCF is simply the binary (and therefore compressed) version of the file format. | BCF is simply the binary (and therefore compressed) version of the file format. | ||
| − | It used to be maintained by the 1000 Genomes Project. The latest version 4.2 and its specification is hosted at the samtools website. | + | It used to be maintained by the 1000 Genomes Project. The latest version 4.2 and its specification is [http://samtools.github.io/hts-specs/VCFv4.2.pdf hosted] at the samtools website. |
== Details == | == Details == | ||
Revision as of 11:17, 10 August 2016
Introduction
A file format that records the variants manifested by reads against the reference they are aligned to. Most often it refers to multiple samples and the nature of the variants are described in columns dedicated to each sample.
BCF is simply the binary (and therefore compressed) version of the file format.
It used to be maintained by the 1000 Genomes Project. The latest version 4.2 and its specification is hosted at the samtools website.
Details
- DP refer to overall depth at the locus/position without taking into account base quality
- DP4 refers to 4 numbers,
