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Would anybody happen to know a link to where I can download BCF Tools?
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If you mean Heng Li's software, they are part of the latest samtools distribution, see
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Ah! thank you, epigen!!!Comment
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was wondering what is the command to use bcftools if it is installed as a part of samtools, pleaseOriginally posted by JohnK View PostComment
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If it is installed on your computer, typing bcftools at the commandline prompt should give you something like this:
Otherwise, have a look in the samtools directory, there should be a subdirectory called bcftools.Code:$ bcftools Program: bcftools (Tools for data in the VCF/BCF formats) Version: 0.1.17-dev (r973:277) Usage: bcftools <command> <arguments> Command: view print, extract, convert and call SNPs from BCF index index BCF cat concatenate BCFs ld compute all-pair r^2 ldpair compute r^2 between requested pairsComment
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