Preparing VCF data

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VCF (Variant Call Format) is a text file format that contains meta-information lines, a header line, and then data lines each each containing information about genetic variation at a position in the genome.

Formal specification


Data preparation

VCF files don't need to be indexed, but it is recommended to reduce their size with the tool reducevcf

Visualization

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