vcf(5)
Variant Call Format
Description
vcf
NAME
vcf - Variant Call Format
DESCRIPTION
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The Variant Call Format (VCF) is a TAB-delimited format with each data line consisting of the following fields: |

The following table gives the INFO tags used by samtools and bcftools.
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AF1 |
Max-likelihood estimate of the site allele frequency (AF) of the first ALT allele (double) | ||
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DP |
Raw read depth (without quality filtering) (int) | ||
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DP4 |
# high-quality reference forward bases, ref reverse, alternate for and alt rev bases (int[4]) | ||
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FQ |
Consensus quality. Positive: sample genotypes different; negative: otherwise (int) | ||
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MQ |
Root-Mean-Square mapping quality of covering reads (int) | ||
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PC2 |
Phred probability of AF in group1 samples being larger (,smaller) than in group2 (int[2]) | ||
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PCHI2 |
Posterior weighted chiˆ2 P-value between group1 and group2 samples (double) | ||
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PV4 |
P-value for strand bias, baseQ bias, mapQ bias and tail distance bias (double[4]) | ||
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QCHI2 |
Phred-scaled PCHI2 (int) | ||
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RP |
# permutations yielding a smaller PCHI2 (int) | ||
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CLR |
Phred log ratio of genotype likelihoods with and without the trio/pair constraint (int) | ||
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UGT |
Most probable genotype configuration without the trio constraint (string) | ||
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CGT |
Most probable configuration with the trio constraint (string) | ||
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VDB |
Tests variant positions within reads. Intended for filtering RNA-seq artifacts around splice sites (float) | ||
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RPB |
Mann-Whitney rank-sum test for tail distance bias (float) | ||
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HWE |
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium test (Wigginton et al) (float) |
SEE ALSO
https://github.com/samtools/hts-specs
The full VCF/BCF file format specification
A note on exact tests of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Wigginton JE et al PMID:15789306