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  • anneke bakelaar
    Junior Member
    • Jul 2012
    • 1

    understanding vcf format varscan output

    hello everybody,

    I don't understand the meaning of the last column from varscan.
    I make them red. maybe can somebody help me with it.

    thanks




    #fileformat=VCFv4.0
    ##source=VarScan2
    ##INFO=<ID=DP,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Total Depth">
    ##FILTER=<ID=str10,Description="Less than 10% or more than 90% of variant supporting reads on one strand">
    ##FORMAT=<ID=GT,Number=1,Type=String,Description="Genotype">
    ##FORMAT=<ID=GQ,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Genotype Quality">
    ##FORMAT=<ID=DP,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Read Depth">
    #CHROM POS ID REF ALT QUAL FILTER INFO FORMAT Sample1 Sample2 Sample3 Sample4
    chr1 177097 . C T PASS DP=12 GT: GQ: DP ./.:.:1 ./.:.:3 ./.:.:1 ./.:.:7
    chr1 228494 . G A PASS DP=21 GT: GQ: DP ./.:.:2 0/0:1:8 ./.:.:1 1/1:2:10
    chr1 318035 . C T PASS DP=212 GT: GQ: DP 0/1:4:66 0/0:5:66 0/0:1:14 0/0:5:66
    chr1 324332 . A G PASS DP=71 GT: GQ: DP 0/1:2:21 ./.:.:19 0/0:1:9 0/0:0:22
  • BasH
    Junior Member
    • Feb 2012
    • 1

    #2
    This is described in the FORMAT field:
    Code:
    GT:GQ:DP
    GT = Genotype (0/0 = homozygote reference, 1/1 homozygote alternate, 0/1 is heterozygous and -/- is no call.)
    GQ = Genotype quality
    DP = Read depth

    see also: http://www.1000genomes.org/node/101

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