Hi Casper,

the -c calling model assumes only biallelic sites. This is usually not a
big issue, but can become a problem with cancer genomes for example.
With many samples, -m can be more sensitive.

Petr


On Tue, 2014-10-14 at 12:43 -0700, Casper Shyr wrote: 
> Hello,
>    I am wondering about the difference between multiallelic-caller and 
> consensus-caller. The documentation states multiallelic-caller overcomes some 
> limitations in the consensus caller, but what exactly are these limitations? 
>    More specifically, if one is working with human genomes/exomes looking for 
> rare disease-associated variants, which caller is better?
> 
> Cheers,
> Casper
> 
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