VCF output formats - GooglingTheCancerGenome/sv-report GitHub Wiki

The four SV callers use different nomenclature for breakpoint notation.

Nomenclature used for breakpoint orientation (from Carl's slides):

Notation Insertion/Deletion Tandem duplication Inversion
5' to 3' 3to5 5to3 5to5,3to3
Head to Tail TH HT HH,TT
-/+ -+ +- ++,--
Bracket N[chr:pos[ chr:pos]]N N_chr:pos_[[ or ]]chr:posN

Interchromosomal traslocations (TRA) can have all possible orientations

Heterogeneity of SV callers: orientations

Caller VCF format Insertion/Deletion Tandem duplication Inversion Traslocation
Manta 4.1 SVTYPE=INS/DEL SVTYPE=DUP INV5,INV3 SVTYPE=INV Bracket SVTYPE=BND
DELLY 4.2 SVTYPE=INS/DEL SVTYPE=DUP CT^=5to5,3to3 SVTYPE=INV Bracket SVTYPE=BND
LUMPY 4.2 SVTYPE=DEL** SVTYPE=DUP SVTYPE=INV SVTYPE=BND
GRIDSS 4.2 Bracket SVTYPE=BND Bracket SVTYPE=BND Bracket SVTYPE=BND Bracket SVTYPE=BND

BND: Breakend

CT = Connection Type

** INS called as DEL? (see Lumpy issue)

Information extracted from the VCF's ALT and INFO fields