bcftools view VCF parse error
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gnomee ▴ 50

Hi all,

I am experiencing the following issue when I try to view my VCF file with bcftools:

[W::bcf_hdr_check_sanity] GL should be declared as Number=G
##fileformat=VCFv4.1
##FILTER=<ID=PASS,Description="All filters passed">
##samtoolsVersion=0.1.19-44428cd
##reference=file:///hg19_GRCh37_1000genomes/sequence/1KGRef/hs37d5.fa
##contig=<ID=1,length=249250621>
##contig=<ID=2,length=243199373>
##contig=<ID=3,length=198022430>
##contig=<ID=4,length=191154276>
##contig=<ID=5,length=180915260>
##contig=<ID=6,length=171115067>
##contig=<ID=7,length=159138663>
##contig=<ID=8,length=146364022>
##contig=<ID=9,length=141213431>
##contig=<ID=10,length=135534747>
##contig=<ID=11,length=135006516>
##contig=<ID=12,length=133851895>
##contig=<ID=13,length=115169878>
##contig=<ID=14,length=107349540>
##contig=<ID=15,length=102531392>
##contig=<ID=16,length=90354753>
##contig=<ID=17,length=81195210>
##contig=<ID=18,length=78077248>
##contig=<ID=19,length=59128983>
##contig=<ID=20,length=63025520>
##contig=<ID=21,length=48129895>
##contig=<ID=22,length=51304566>
##contig=<ID=X,length=155270560>
##contig=<ID=Y,length=59373566>
##contig=<ID=MT,length=16569>
##contig=<ID=GL000207.1,length=4262>
##contig=<ID=GL000226.1,length=15008>
##contig=<ID=GL000229.1,length=19913>
##contig=<ID=GL000231.1,length=27386>
##contig=<ID=GL000210.1,length=27682>
##contig=<ID=GL000239.1,length=33824>
##contig=<ID=GL000235.1,length=34474>
##contig=<ID=GL000201.1,length=36148>
##contig=<ID=GL000247.1,length=36422>
##contig=<ID=GL000245.1,length=36651>
##contig=<ID=GL000197.1,length=37175>
##contig=<ID=GL000203.1,length=37498>
##contig=<ID=GL000246.1,length=38154>
##contig=<ID=GL000249.1,length=38502>
##contig=<ID=GL000196.1,length=38914>
##contig=<ID=GL000248.1,length=39786>
##contig=<ID=GL000244.1,length=39929>
##contig=<ID=GL000238.1,length=39939>
##contig=<ID=GL000202.1,length=40103>
##contig=<ID=GL000234.1,length=40531>
##contig=<ID=GL000232.1,length=40652>
##contig=<ID=GL000206.1,length=41001>
##contig=<ID=GL000240.1,length=41933>
##contig=<ID=GL000236.1,length=41934>
##contig=<ID=GL000241.1,length=42152>
##contig=<ID=GL000243.1,length=43341>
##contig=<ID=GL000242.1,length=43523>
##contig=<ID=GL000230.1,length=43691>
##contig=<ID=GL000237.1,length=45867>
##contig=<ID=GL000233.1,length=45941>
##contig=<ID=GL000204.1,length=81310>
##contig=<ID=GL000198.1,length=90085>
##contig=<ID=GL000208.1,length=92689>
##contig=<ID=GL000191.1,length=106433>
##contig=<ID=GL000227.1,length=128374>
##contig=<ID=GL000228.1,length=129120>
##contig=<ID=GL000214.1,length=137718>
##contig=<ID=GL000221.1,length=155397>
##contig=<ID=GL000209.1,length=159169>
##contig=<ID=GL000218.1,length=161147>
##contig=<ID=GL000220.1,length=161802>
##contig=<ID=GL000213.1,length=164239>
##contig=<ID=GL000211.1,length=166566>
##contig=<ID=GL000199.1,length=169874>
##contig=<ID=GL000217.1,length=172149>
##contig=<ID=GL000216.1,length=172294>
##contig=<ID=GL000215.1,length=172545>
##contig=<ID=GL000205.1,length=174588>
##contig=<ID=GL000219.1,length=179198>
##contig=<ID=GL000224.1,length=179693>
##contig=<ID=GL000223.1,length=180455>
##contig=<ID=GL000195.1,length=182896>
##contig=<ID=GL000212.1,length=186858>
##contig=<ID=GL000222.1,length=186861>
##contig=<ID=GL000200.1,length=187035>
##contig=<ID=GL000193.1,length=189789>
##contig=<ID=GL000194.1,length=191469>
##contig=<ID=GL000225.1,length=211173>
##contig=<ID=GL000192.1,length=547496>
##contig=<ID=NC_007605,length=171823>
##contig=<ID=hs37d5,length=35477943>
##INFO=<ID=DP,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Raw read depth">
##INFO=<ID=DP4,Number=4,Type=Integer,Description="# high-quality ref-forward bases, ref-reverse, alt-forward and alt-reverse bases">
##INFO=<ID=MQ,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Root-mean-square mapping quality of covering reads">
##INFO=<ID=FQ,Number=1,Type=Float,Description="Phred probability of all samples being the same">
##INFO=<ID=AF1,Number=1,Type=Float,Description="Max-likelihood estimate of the first ALT allele frequency (assuming HWE)">
##INFO=<ID=AC1,Number=1,Type=Float,Description="Max-likelihood estimate of the first ALT allele count (no HWE assumption)">
##INFO=<ID=AN,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Total number of alleles in called genotypes">
##INFO=<ID=IS,Number=2,Type=Float,Description="Maximum number of reads supporting an indel and fraction of indel reads">
##INFO=<ID=AC,Number=A,Type=Integer,Description="Allele count in genotypes for each ALT allele, in the same order as listed">
##INFO=<ID=G3,Number=3,Type=Float,Description="ML estimate of genotype frequencies">
##INFO=<ID=HWE,Number=1,Type=Float,Description="Chi^2 based HWE test P-value based on G3">
##INFO=<ID=CLR,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Log ratio of genotype likelihoods with and without the constraint">
##INFO=<ID=UGT,Number=1,Type=String,Description="The most probable unconstrained genotype configuration in the trio">
##INFO=<ID=CGT,Number=1,Type=String,Description="The most probable constrained genotype configuration in the trio">
##INFO=<ID=PV4,Number=4,Type=Float,Description="P-values for strand bias, baseQ bias, mapQ bias and tail distance bias">
##INFO=<ID=INDEL,Number=0,Type=Flag,Description="Indicates that the variant is an INDEL.">
##INFO=<ID=PC2,Number=2,Type=Integer,Description="Phred probability of the nonRef allele frequency in group1 samples being larger (,smaller) than in group2.">
##INFO=<ID=PCHI2,Number=1,Type=Float,Description="Posterior weighted chi^2 P-value for testing the association between group1 and group2 samples.">
##INFO=<ID=QCHI2,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Phred scaled PCHI2.">
##INFO=<ID=PR,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="# permutations yielding a smaller PCHI2.">
##INFO=<ID=QBD,Number=1,Type=Float,Description="Quality by Depth: QUAL/#reads">
##INFO=<ID=RPB,Number=1,Type=Float,Description="Read Position Bias">
##INFO=<ID=MDV,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Maximum number of high-quality nonRef reads in samples">
##INFO=<ID=VDB,Number=1,Type=Float,Description="Variant Distance Bias (v2) for filtering splice-site artefacts in RNA-seq data. Note: this version may be broken.">
##FORMAT=<ID=GT,Number=1,Type=String,Description="Genotype">
##FORMAT=<ID=GQ,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Genotype Quality">
##FORMAT=<ID=GL,Number=3,Type=Float,Description="Likelihoods for RR,RA,AA genotypes (R=ref,A=alt)">
##FORMAT=<ID=DP,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="# high-quality bases">
##FORMAT=<ID=DV,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="# high-quality non-reference bases">
##FORMAT=<ID=SP,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Phred-scaled strand bias P-value">
##FORMAT=<ID=PL,Number=G,Type=Integer,Description="List of Phred-scaled genotype likelihoods">
##bcftools_viewVersion=1.10.2+htslib-1.10.2
##bcftools_viewCommand=view myvcf.vcf.gz; Date=Wed Jul  1 08:30:34 2020
#CHROM  POS     ID      REF     ALT     QUAL    FILTER  INFO    FORMAT  
merged.mdup.bam   SEQUENCE_CONTEXT        INFO_control(VAF=variant_allele_fraction;TSR=total_variant_supporting_reads_incl_lowqual)       ANNOTATION_control    DBSNP   1K_GENOMES      ANNOVAR_FUNCTION        GENE    EXONIC_CLASSIFICATION   ANNOVAR_TRANSCRIPTS     SEGDUP  CYTOBAND        REPEAT_MASKER   DAC_BLACKLIST   DUKE_EXCLUDED   HISEQDEPTH    SELFCHAIN       MAPABILITY      SIMPLE_TANDEMREPEATS    CONFIDENCE      RECLASSIFICATION        PENALTIES       seqBiasPresent_1        seqingBiasPresent_1     seqBiasPresent_2     seqingBiasPresent_2
[W::vcf_parse] FILTER 'RE' is not defined in the header
[W::vcf_parse] FILTER 'TAC' is not defined in the header
[W::vcf_parse] FILTER 'HSDEPTH' is not defined in the header
[E::vcf_parse_format] Invalid character 'A' in 'GT' FORMAT field at 1:10109
Error: VCF parse error

My command was:

bcftools view myvcf.vcf.gz

Can anybody tell me why this is the case? As far as I understand, the GT format field should contain the genotype as a string, should 'A' thus not be a valid characte for that field?

Thanks in advance.
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4.4 years ago

Can anybody tell me why this is the case?

[W::vcf_parse] FILTER 'RE' is not defined in the header

a line ##FILTER=<ID=RE,... is missing in the header

[W::vcf_parse] FILTER 'HSDEPTH' is not defined in the header

a line ##FILTER=<ID=HSDEPTH,... is missing in the header

[W::vcf_parse] FILTER 'TAC' is not defined in the header

a line ##FILTER=<ID=TAC,... is missing in the header

[E::vcf_parse_format] Invalid character 'A' in 'GT' FORMAT field at 1:10109

the VCF spec says a genotype should be declared with the index ofthe alleles, not the allele string.

https://samtools.github.io/hts-specs/VCFv4.3.pdf

GT (String): Genotype, encoded as allele values separated by either of/or|. The allele values are 0 for thereference allele (what is in the REF field), 1 for the first allele listed in ALT, 2 for the second allele list inALT and so on.

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Ah that makes perfect sense! Thank you!

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