bcbio.variation.recall

Parallel merging, squaring off and ensemble calling for genomic variants. Provide a general framework meant to combine multiple variant calls, either from single individuals, batched family calls, or multiple approaches on the same sample. Splits inputs based on shared genomic regions without variants, allowing independent processing of smaller regions with variant calls. Handles:

Merging multiple samples, called independently, into a single final VCF file.
Squaring off multiple samples, called independently, by recalling at all identified genomic positions.
Ensemble calling for samples called with multiple variant callers. Uses an intersection based approach, selecting variants present in at least n callers, where you choose n.

This is a work in progress.

Usage

The executable bcbio-variation-recall bash script contains a ready to run jar file. Pre-built distributions will be available. To create a development version run make and the executable will be available in the bin directory. This requires leiningen.

Merge

Merge multiple VCF files together, running in parallel over genomic regions.

Usage: bcbio-variation-recall merge [options] out-file ref-file vcf-files

  out-file:  VCF (or bgzipped VCF) file to write merged output to
  ref-file:  FASTA format genome reference file
  vcf-files: VCF files to merge. Can be specified on the command line
             or as a text file containing paths to files for processing

Options:
  -c, --cores CORES    1  Number of cores to use
  -r, --region REGION     Genomic region to subset, in samtools format (chr1:100-200) or BED file
  -h, --help

Squaring off

Perform squaring off for a set of called VCF files, recalling at no-call positions in each sample.

Usage: bcbio-variation-recall square [options] out-file ref-file [<vcf, bam, cram, or list files>]

  out-file:    VCF (or bgzipped VCF) file to write merged output to
  ref-file:    FASTA format genome reference file
  <remaining>: VCF files to recall and BAM or CRAM files for each sample. Can be specified
               on the command line or as text files containing paths to files
               for processing. VCFs can be single or multi-sample and BAM/CRAMs can be in
               any order but each VCF sample must have an associated BAM/CRAM file to recall.
               The sample names in the VCF file must match read groups in the BAM files.

Options:
  -c, --cores CORES    1          Number of cores to use
  -m, --caller CALLER  freebayes  Calling method to use: samtools, freebayes, platypus
  -r, --region REGION             Genomic region to subset, in samtools format (chr1:100-200) or BED file
  -h, --help

Ensemble

Ensemble calling for samples: combine multiple VCF caller outputs into a single callset.

Usage: bcbio-variation-recall ensemble [options] out-file ref-file [<vcf-files or list-files>]

   out-file:   bgzipped VCF file to write merged output to
   ref-file:   FASTA format genome reference file
  <remaining>: VCF files to include for building a final ensemble callset.
               Specify on the command line or as text files containing paths to files.
               VCFs can be single or multi-sample.
               The input order of VCFs determines extraction preference in the final ensemble output.

Options:
  -c, --cores CORES      1  Number of cores to use
  -n, --numpass NUMPASS  2  Number of callers a variant should be present in to pass
       --names NAMES        Comma separated list of names corresponding to VCFs, for annotating output
       --nofiltered         Remove filtered variants before performing ensemble calls
  -h, --help

Thank you

External software provides the underlying algorithms. This tool is a framework for pulling them together. The following command line programs need to be on your path:

The bcbio-nextgen pipeline installs all this software automatically.

License

The code is freely available under the MIT license.

bcbio / bcbio.variation.recall