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diff --git a/biology/bcftools/DESCR b/biology/bcftools/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9cc66419380 --- /dev/null +++ b/biology/bcftools/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +BCFtools is a program for variant calling and manipulating files in the Variant +Call Format (VCF) and its binary counterpart BCF. All commands work +transparently with both VCFs and BCFs, both uncompressed and BGZF-compressed. +In order to avoid tedious repetion, throughout this document we will use "VCF" +and "BCF" interchangeably, unless specifically noted. + +Most commands accept VCF, bgzipped VCF and BCF with filetype detected +automatically even when streaming from a pipe. Indexed VCF and BCF work in all +situations. Unindexed VCF and BCF and streams work in most, but not all +situations. In general, whenever multiple VCFs are read simultaneously, they +must be indexed and therefore also compressed. |