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VCF File Format

Variant Call Format (VCF) is a common file format developed by the genomics scientific community. It contains information about variants found at specific positions in a reference genome.

VCF files use the file naming format SampleName_S#.vcf, where # is the sample number determined by the order that samples are listed for the run.

NOTE

Whole Genome Sequencing v5.0 is multinode only and uses the file naming format SampleName_S1.vcf.

The VCF file header includes the VCF file format version and the variant caller version and lists the annotations used in the remainder of the file. The VCF header also includes the reference genome file and BAM file. The last line in the header contains the column headings for the data lines. Each of the VCF file data lines contains information about 1 variant.

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