Hi! I'm getting VCF files with some strange INDELS from bcftools. The shell
script below contains everything needed to reproduce it (I'm using bwa
0.7.10-r789, samtools 1.1, and bcftools 1.1) and it outputs the following:
Lines for position 120 when the VCF is generated by "samtools mpileup":
MyRef 120 . G <X> 0 .
DP=3;I16=0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0;QS=0,0;MQ0F=0 PL 0,0,0
MyRef 120 . G GGAAT 0 .
INDEL;IDV=2;IMF=0.666667;DP=3;I16=0,0,1,0,0,0,30,900,0,0,60,3600,0,0,25,625;QS=0,1;SGB=-0.379885;MQ0F=0
PL 30,3,0
Lines for position 120 when the VCF is generated by "bcftools call":
MyRef 120 . G . 0 .
DP=3;MQ0F=0;AN=0;DP4=0,0,0,0;MQ=. GT .
MyRef 120 . G . 2.1484 .
INDEL;IDV=2;IMF=0.666667;DP=3;SGB=-0.379885;MQ0F=0;AN=1;DP4=0,0,1,0;MQ=60
GT 0
Output from "samtools mpileup" around position 120:
MyRef 110 G 2 ., mD
MyRef 111 T 2 ., bD
MyRef 112 G 2 ., eD
MyRef 113 T 2 ., jD
MyRef 114 T 2 C, kD
MyRef 115 G 1 . m
MyRef 116 G 1 . e
MyRef 117 G 1 . j
MyRef 118 G 1 . i
MyRef 119 A 1 . k
MyRef 120 G 0
MyRef 121 A 0
MyRef 122 C 1 . I
MyRef 123 T 1 . k
MyRef 124 C 2 ., gA
MyRef 125 A 2 Gg dA
MyRef 126 G 2 ., _A
MyRef 127 T 2 ., iF
MyRef 128 G 2 ., fH
MyRef 129 C 2 ., jJ
MyRef 130 C 2 ., iI
It's the output from "bcftools call" that has ALT="." while the "INDEL" flag is
present that worries me. Is this a bug, or just something I don't understand
(yet)?
The shell script to reproduce the above output:
#!/bin/bash
# Make directory for data
mkdir -p tmp-data
cd tmp-data
# Redirect stderr.
exec 2>stderr
# Use this short refence.
cat >ref <<EOF
>MyRef
GGTGGCGAAGGCGGCTTGCTGGACAAATACTGACGCTGAGGTGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCA
AACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGAGTGCTAGGTGTTGGGGAG
ACTCAGTGCCGCAGCTAACGCAATAAGCACTCCGCCTGGGGAGTACGACCGCAAGGTTGA
EOF
# Use these reads.
cat >reads.fastq <<EOF
@Instrument:1:FlowCell:1:1:1:1/1
ACCTTGCGGTCGTACTCCCCAGGTGGAGTGCTTATTGCGTTTGCTGCGGCACCGACCATCTCTGGCCAACACCTAGCACTCATCGTTTACGGCGTGGA
+
CCCFFFFFHFHHGJJJJ3EHGIJ?FHDHFHJJIJJJJJJHIJJJJJJIJHFFDDDDDDDDDDEDCDDDDDDDDDDCCCCDDDDDDBDDDDDDDDDDDD
@Instrument:1:FlowCell:1:1:1:1/2
GGTGGCGAAGGCGGCTTACTGGACTGTTACTGACGCTGAGTCACGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACG
+
CCBFFFFFHHHHHJJJJJJIJJIIJJJIJJJJJIJJJIJJHHHHHFFFDE9=BDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDEDDDDDDADDDEDDDBDDDDDDDD<
@Instrument:1:FlowCell:1:2:2:2/1
TCAACCTTGCGGTCGTACTCCCCAGGTGGAGTGCTTATTGCGTTAGCTGCGGCACCGAGGATTCCTCCCCGACACCTAGCACTCATCGTTTACGGCG
+
BCCFFFFFHHHGFHIJJGHIIIIHDH?GDFI*BGIHIIJGEGAEEHIHJIGHFFB?@DDBBCDCDCCDBDDDBBDB9CCDDD@?CDDDDDD?@@DBB
@Instrument:1:FlowCell:1:2:2:2/2
GGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGAGTGCTAGGTGTCGGGGAGGAATCCTCGGTGCCGCAGCTAACGCAATAAGCACTCCACCTGGGGAGTACGACCGC
+
BBBDFDF?FHHHFHHHIJIJJJIHIHGJIGIJADGHJDGGIGGGFHHHHHF>DACCDBDBDDDDDBDD@DDCDDDDDDDCDDDCBBB@DDCDDDBDBB
EOF
# Prepare indices of the reference.
samtools faidx ref
bwa index ref
# Align the reads to the reference.
bwa mem -p -t 4 -R '@RG\tID:MySample\tSM:MySample' ref reads.fastq >
alignment.sam
# bwa-mem needs to infer the insert size distribution from data. You
# have to mix the read pair with at least tens of other pairs. For
# this reason bwa doesn't think the reads are properly paired, so we
# set the flags manually.
perl -pe '@_=split /\t/; if ($_[0] !~ /^@/) { @_[1] |= 2; $_=join("\t", @_) }'
alignment.sam > fixed_alignment.sam
# Sort the alignment.
samtools sort -T samtools.sort fixed_alignment.sam -O bam > sorted_alignment.bam
# Index the sorted alignment.
samtools index sorted_alignment.bam
# Make a file containing the ploidy of the sample (for "bcftools call -m").
echo -e >sample.tab "MySample\t1"
# Generate vcf using samtools.
samtools mpileup -r MyRef:110-130 -vuf ref sorted_alignment.bam >
pos110-130.samtools.vcf
# Generate vcf using bcftools.
samtools mpileup -r MyRef:110-130 -uf ref sorted_alignment.bam | bcftools call
-m -S sample.tab -O v > pos110-130.bcftools.vcf
# Generate mpileup data.
samtools mpileup -r MyRef:110-130 -f ref sorted_alignment.bam > mpileup.tab
# Output results.
echo -e "\nLines for position 120 when the VCF is generated by \"samtools
mpileup\":\n"
grep -P '^MyRef\t120' pos110-130.samtools.vcf
echo -e "\nLines for position 120 when the VCF is generated by \"bcftools
call\":\n"
grep -P '^MyRef\t120' pos110-130.bcftools.vcf
echo -e "\nOutput from \"samtools mpileup\" around position 120:\n"
cat mpileup.tab
echo
### END OF SCRIPT
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Rasmus Borup Hansen
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