The documentation says the phred score minus 33 at
http://samtools.sourceforge.net/pileup.shtml

Is that plus or minus 33 ?

Thanks.
Thiago


On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Devon Ryan <dpr...@dpryan.com> wrote:

> A dot means a match on the forward strand and a comma a match on the
> reverse strand, so there's no difference (aka mismatch) in either read
> covering that position. The last column is indeed Phred score + 33.
>
> FYI, if you were to input multiple BAM files, you'd find the output
> similar, with some of the columns repeated for each of the samples.
>
> Devon
>
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> On Aug 4, 2014, at 10:21 PM, Thiago M. Venancio wrote:
>
> > Hi Devon and TNP,
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback. Please allow me one clarification to see if I
> understood the documentation correctly.
> >
> > Thanke the following row from my example:
> >
> > supercontig_0   32      C       2       .,      BH
> >
> > This means that at supercontig_0 we have a reference C at position 32,
> with two mapped reads with potential SNPs. However, dot and comman means
> differences between reads and each strand of the reference sequence. So, if
> the sequencing method is not strand specific, these SNPs should be
> excluded. Am I missing something or this point is correct ?
> >
> > Finally, how the last column (base quality) should be interpreted ?
> Should I use the ASCII of the character minus 33 ?
> >
> > Sorry if these questions are very basic. I am just trying to make sure I
> understood the process.
> >
> > Best,
> > Thiago
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Devon Ryan <dpr...@dpryan.com> wrote:
> > Hi Thiagp
> >
> > The format, including the last 3 columns is described here:
> http://samtools.sourceforge.net/pileup.shtml
> >
> > Best,
> > Devon
> >
> > ____________________________________________
> > Devon Ryan, Ph.D.
> > Email: dpr...@dpryan.com
> > Tel: +49 (0)178 298-6067
> > Molecular and Cellular Cognition Lab
> > German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
> > Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 2
> > 53175 Bonn, Germany
> >
> > On Aug 4, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Thiago M. Venancio wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I ran the samtools mpileup on a set of mapped reads (in bam format).
> The output gave me something like that:
> > >
> > > supercontig_0   30      T       2       ^g.^g,  BH
> > > supercontig_0   31      G       2       .,      AG
> > > supercontig_0   32      C       2       .,      BH
> > > supercontig_0   1689    T       4       .,^g.^g,        GBA5
> > > supercontig_0   1690    A       4       .,.,    GBAD
> > > supercontig_0   1691    A       4       .,.,    BAAF
> > > supercontig_0   1692    C       4       .$,$.,  EA?C
> > >
> > > ​I inspected all the documentation I could find over the past few
> hours and was unable to find ​a complete explanation for this output. I
> understand the first three columns, but not the other three.
> > >
> > > Can anyone point me the appropriate documentation ?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > Thiago
> > >
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