modules/gatk4_getpileupsummaries
Summarizes counts of reads that support reference, alternate and other alleles for given sites. Results can be used with CalculateContamination. Requires a common germline variant sites file, such as from gnomAD.
Description
Summarizes counts of reads that support reference, alternate and other alleles for given sites. Results can be used with CalculateContamination. Requires a common germline variant sites file, such as from gnomAD.
Input
File containing specified sites to be used for the summary. If this option is not specified, variants file is used instead automatically.
*.interval_list
Population vcf of germline sequencing, containing allele fractions. Is also used as sites file if no separate sites file is specified.
*.vcf.gz
Tools
gatk4 Apache-2.0
Developed in the Data Sciences Platform at the Broad Institute, the toolkit offers a wide variety of tools with a primary focus on variant discovery and genotyping. Its powerful processing engine and high-performance computing features make it capable of taking on projects of any size.