Module 11: Structural VCF 4.2 Interpretation: INFO Fields, Filtering & Functional Annotation

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Tested Stacks: GATK 4.6.1 Samtools 1.21 Nextflow 24.10 Seurat v5.1 Python 3.12

Prerequisites: Basic Linux CLI & Sequencing Formats

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Java Heap Exhaustion (GATK / Picard): If processes terminate with java.lang.OutOfMemoryError, set your environment variable explicitly: export _JAVA_OPTIONS="-Xmx16g -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp".
Index Timestamp Mismatch: If tools complain that a BAM index is missing or out of date, regenerate with samtools index -@ 4 sample.bam.
Conda Channel Conflicts: Avoid ABI incompatibilities between bioconda and conda-forge by setting strict priority: conda config --set channel_priority strict.
Chromosome Naming Contamination: Always verify whether reference FASTA headers use chr1 or 1; divergent naming causes silent alignment drops.

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