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Genetic Variation Formats (VCF)
Provides a text file format for storing genetic variation data
As the field of genomics progresses, it is vital to represent new knowledge gained by researchers in a clear, unambiguous way. Maintained by the GA4GH Large Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream, the Variant Call Format (VCF) is a flexible text file format for representing genomic variation. Using data compression, VCF stores information efficiently, facilitating data transfer and collaboration.
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- Provides an efficient, compressed way of storing variant data
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Researchers, and data custodians
Image summary: VCF stores information on genetic variants, a crucial step in identifying genetic causes of human health and disease.
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Dive deeper into this Product!Genomic data formats must advance alongside genomics, representing new kinds of data and information. VCF is a text file format for storing genetic variation data. The format consists of data lines describing a variant’s position on the genome. VCF can encode small variants such as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), short insertions and deletions (indels), as well as larger chromosomal rearrangements and larger indels.
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This group meets to discuss all GA4GH File Formats maintained by the Large-Scale Genomics Work Stream: SAM/BAM/CRAM and VCF/BCF.
Every Two Months
Tuesday
00:00 UTC
1 Hour
This group meets to discuss all GA4GH File Formats maintained by the Large-Scale Genomics Work Stream: SAM/BAM/CRAM and VCF/BCF.
Every Two Months
Tuesday
20:00 UTC
1 Hour
This group meets to discuss scaling issues related to the Variant Call File format, VCF.
Every Two Months
Monday
13:00 UTC
1 Hour
This group meets to discuss scaling issues related to the Variant Call File format, VCF.
Every Two Months
Monday
21:00 UTC
1 Hour
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11 Mar 2023
11 Mar 2023
8 Dec 2020
8 Dec 2020
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- Michael Baudis
University of Zurich - James Bonfield
Wellcome Sanger Institute (WSI) - Daniel Cameron
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research - Timothe Cezard
EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) - Robert Davies
Wellcome Sanger Institute (WSI) - Richard Durbin
University of Cambridge - Yossi Farjoun
Lady Davis Institute - Mallory Freeberg
EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) - Kais Ghedira
Institut Pasteur de Tunis - Ammar Husami
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - John Marshall
University of Glasgow - Martin Pollard
Wellcome Sanger Institute (WSI) - Albert Smith
University of Michigan - Jing Su
Wellcome Sanger Institute (WSI) - Ziying Yang
University of Zurich
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