.fai file generation for a vcf file containing snps

Question: .fai file generation for a vcf file containing snps

2.7 years ago by

Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

I would like to generate a .fai file for all the snps belonging to a specific gene. How I'll be able to do that?

Do I have to download all the sequences belonging to each snps (e.g. rs124536) from NCBI and make a .fa file and then use samtools to convert it to .fai?

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modified 10 weeks ago by Biostar ♦♦ 20 • written 2.7 years ago by madhuri haque • 20

2.7 years ago by

cpad0112 ♦ 6.4k

cpad0112 ♦ 6.4k wrote:

Your question is confusing.

1) Fasta indexing generates .fai files. There are several tools to index fasta files.

2) If you want to generate fasta file from VCF (using a reference), the same question is answered several times in this forum. For eg. Introducing Known Mutations (From A Vcf) Into A Fasta File

3) If you are looking for indexing VCF (standard format for storing SNVs/MNVs/DIVs), there are several tools.

Downloading all SNVs (in general as VCF) and indexing won't generate a sequence file (.fasta) with all the SNPs.

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2.7 years ago by

Devon Ryan ♦ 81k

Freiburg, Germany

Devon Ryan ♦ 81k wrote:

.fai files are specific to fasta files. If you have a VCF file then google "tabix".

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madhuri haque • 20

Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

madhuri haque • 20 wrote:

The software I am working with (ANGSD) requires .fai file along with a .vcf file as input.

Would you please tell me how I will be able to get the .fai file for a .vcf file?

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cpad0112 ♦ 6.4k

cpad0112 ♦ 6.4k wrote:

.fai file mentioned in page: http://www.popgen.dk/angsd/index.php/Input corresponds to reference fasta file. Index your reference fasta file and this would create a fai file. This fai file should be supplied to the command. Example command would be (assuming that your reference sequence used in alignment is reference.fa and vcf file is sample.vcf):

#for using GL tags
./angsd -vcf-gl sample.vcf -fai reference.fa.fai -nind <sample numbers in your VCF> -domaf 1 -out <output_file_name>
#for using GP tags
./angsd -vcf-gp sample.vcf -fai reference.fa.fai -nind <sample numbers in your VCF> -domaf 1 -out <output_file_name>

One cannot create a fai from VCF file. VCF indexing produces idx files and fasta indexing generates fai files, in general.

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