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Vcfexpress: flexible, rapid user-expressions to filter and format VCFs.
Brent S Pedersen1, Aaron R Quinlan1
1Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Biorxiv : the Preprint Server for Biology
|November 22, 2024
Summary
vcfexpress is a new, high-performance toolset for analyzing genetic variation in Variant Call Format (VCF) files. It offers efficient filtering and reporting capabilities, rivaling existing tools like BCFTools.
Area of Science:
- Genomics
- Bioinformatics
Background:
- Variant Call Format (VCF) files are crucial for genetic variation analysis.
- Efficient querying, filtering, and modification of VCF files are essential for downstream analyses.
- Existing command-line tools like BCFTools, vembrane, and slivar offer some VCF manipulation capabilities.
Purpose of the Study:
- Introduce vcfexpress, a novel, high-performance toolset for VCF file analysis.
- Enhance VCF analysis by providing precise filtering and reporting functionalities.
- Offer a flexible and efficient alternative to existing VCF analysis tools.
Main Methods:
- Developed vcfexpress using the Rust programming language.
- Integrated Lua programming language for user-defined expression execution.
- Benchmarked vcfexpress against other VCF analysis tools, including BCFTools and vembrane.
Main Results:
- vcfexpress demonstrates high performance, nearly matching BCFTools.
- The toolset provides advanced functionality for precise variant filtering and reporting.
- Comparative benchmarks highlight vcfexpress's flexibility and efficiency.
Conclusions:
- vcfexpress is a powerful and efficient tool for VCF file analysis.
- Its performance and integrated scripting capabilities make it a valuable addition to the bioinformatics toolkit.
- The toolset facilitates more precise and flexible genetic variation analysis.
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