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diff --git a/academic/bcftools/README b/academic/bcftools/README index 731b912643..51b0b0b55b 100644 --- a/academic/bcftools/README +++ b/academic/bcftools/README @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ -Prior to the introduction of HTSlib, SAMtools and BCFtools were distributed in -a single samtools-0.1.x package. -This old version remains available from SBo as samtools-legacy +bcftools (BCF calling tools) contains all the "vcf..." commands which +previously lived in the htslib repository (such as vcfcheck, vcfmerge, +vcfisec, etc.) and the samtools BCF calling from bcftools subdirectory +of the previous samtools. BCFtools are meant as a faster replacement +for most of the perl VCFtools commands. -The BCFtools is now distributed as an individual package. +Prior to the introduction of HTSlib, SAMtools and BCFtools were +distributed in a single samtools-0.1.x package. This old version remains +available from SBo as samtools-legacy. |