Description

Merges several vcf files

Input

Name (Type)
Description
Pattern

meta (map)

Groovy Map containing sample information
e.g. [ id:‘test’]

vcf (list)

Two or more VCF files

*.{vcf,vcf.gz}

meta2 (map)

Groovy Map containing reference information
e.g. [ id:‘genome’]

dict (file)

Optional Sequence Dictionary as input

*.dict

Output

Name (Type)
Description
Pattern

vcf (file)

merged vcf file

*.vcf.gz

tbi (file)

index files for the merged vcf files

*.tbi

versions (file)

File containing software versions

versions.yml

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.