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Analysis-ready VCF at Biobank scale using Zarr.

Eric Czech^1,2, Timothy R Millar^3,4, Will Tyler⁵

¹Open Athena AI Foundation, Lincoln, New Zealand.

Biorxiv : the Preprint Server for Biology

|June 25, 2024

Summary

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The Variant Call Format (VCF) Zarr specification offers a scalable solution for genetic variation data storage. This new format improves efficiency and reduces costs for analyzing large biobank-scale datasets.

Keywords:

Analysis ready data Variant Call Format Zarr

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Area of Science:

Genomics
Bioinformatics
Data Science

Background:

Variant Call Format (VCF) is standard for genetic variation data but inefficient for large-scale biobanks.
Row-wise encoding of VCF is unsuitable for hundreds of terabytes of genomic data.
A more scalable approach is needed for efficient genetic data analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

Introduce the VCF Zarr specification for efficient genetic data storage and processing.
Develop software infrastructure for large-scale VCF to Zarr conversion.
Demonstrate the performance and cost-effectiveness of VCF Zarr.

Main Methods:

Encoding the VCF data model using the Zarr format.
Developing fundamental software infrastructure for conversion at scale.
Case studies on large human and non-human genomic datasets.

Main Results:

VCF Zarr is more efficient than standard VCF approaches.
Compression ratios and single-threaded performance are competitive with specialized methods.
Demonstrated potential for high-performance applications using cloud computing and GPUs.

Conclusions:

VCF Zarr addresses the bottleneck of large row-encoded VCF files.
The specification has the potential to significantly reduce storage and processing costs.
Enables a new ecosystem of next-generation genetic variation analysis tools.