Intersect VCF files

Description

Given two VCF files, this tool reports those sites that are common and those sites that are unique to each file.

Parameters

None

Details

Produces a separate VCF file for variant sites unique for file A, variant sites unique for file B, variant sites in A found also in B, and variant sites in B found also in A.

Output

Output is four VCF files. You can view VCF files in Chipster as text (which includes the header) or spreadsheet (which can be sorted). The location column in the spreadsheet can be used in Chipster genome browser to navigate quickly through a list of variants.

References

This tool is based on the bcftools package.