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Variant Calling Pipeline

BaseSpace Variant Interpreter accepts sample VCF files generated by the following variant callers regardless of aligner: 

Variant Caller

Analysis

Variant Type

DRAGEN*

Somatic

Indel, SNV, SV, and CNV

Pisces (Somatic Variant Caller)

Tumor only

Indel, SNV, and MNV

Strelka

Germline, Tumor Normal

Indel, SNV, and MNV

* To ensure all variant types are loaded into the case, the small variant VCF must be present in the DRAGEN output files. Illumina recommends using the hard-filtered DRAGEN VCF output.