BCFtools

Open-source variant file tool for viewing, filtering, summarising and analysing VCF/BCF.

Details

BCFtools is an open-source tool for variant data, used to view, filter, merge, summarise and process VCF/BCF files. It is common in SNP, indel, population genetics and genome variant analysis pipelines.

Use cases: VCF processing, variant analysis, SNPs, population genetics, sequencing data

Note: interpret variant results in light of sequencing quality, filtering criteria and population structure.