VarSifter: visualizing and analyzing exome-scale sequence variation data on a desktop computer.
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VarSifter is a graphical software tool for desktop computers that allows investigators of varying computational skills to easily and quickly sort, filter, and sift through sequence variation data. A variety of filters and a custom query framework allow filtering based on any combination of sample and annotation information. By simplifying visualization and analyses of exome-scale sequence variation data, this program will help bring the power and promise of massively-parallel DNA sequencing to a broader group of researchers.Availability and implementation
VarSifter is written in Java, and is freely available in source and binary versions, along with a User Guide, at http://research.nhgri.nih.gov/software/VarSifter/.
SUBMITTER: Teer JK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3278764 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
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VarSifter: visualizing and analyzing exome-scale sequence variation data on a desktop computer.
Teer Jamie K JK Green Eric D ED Mullikin James C JC Biesecker Leslie G LG
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) 20111230 4
<h4>Unlabelled</h4>VarSifter is a graphical software tool for desktop computers that allows investigators of varying computational skills to easily and quickly sort, filter, and sift through sequence variation data. A variety of filters and a custom query framework allow filtering based on any combination of sample and annotation information. By simplifying visualization and analyses of exome-scale sequence variation data, this program will help bring the power and promise of massively-parallel ...[more]
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