Author: hansi

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HaploGrep2 Update 2.1.21

With HaploGrep version 2.1.21 the handling of human mitochondrial FASTA sequences gets a new improvement. As we use BWA 07.17 for the alignment of FASTA sequences, the mtDNA nomenclature is not always met by default. Therefore we provide a new parameter which will fix the nomenclature to the correct one used in Phylotree, finally yielding a better HaploGrep score. The parameter is:

--fixNomenclature

Currently we apply 66 rules, which will fix issues around indels (insertions and deletions) – e.g.  the deletion on 8281-8289d for haplogroup B, but also around 315 and 524 (which are however not relevant for the mitochondrial phylogeny)

 
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Errors and Warnings in HaploGrep2

What triggers an Error and what is considered a Warning in HaploGrep2? Here’s a short overview of the events:

Errors:

  • The detected haplogroup quality is low. Sample is marked red. Quality <=80%
  • The expected haplogroup is not a super group of the detected haplogroup
  • Common rCRS polymorphism not found! The sample seems not properly aligned to rCRS.
  • The sample seems to be aligned to RSRS. Haplogrep only supports rCRS aligned samples.
  • The sample misses >2 expected polymorphisms

Warnings:

  • Fasta Alignment check:  positions to recheck
  • The detected haplogroup does not match the expected haplogroup but represents a valid sub haplogroup
  • The sample shows ambigous best results
  • The sample contains heteroplasmic positions
  • The detected haplogroup quality is moderate. Sample is marked yellow. Quality <= 90% and > 80%.
  • The sample contains  polymorphimsms that are equal to the reference / The sample contains variants according the rCRS
  • The sample contains >2 global private mutation(s) that are not known by Phylotree
  • The sample contains >=2 local private mutation(s) associated with other Haplogroups
  • Different haplogroup with 2 local private remaining mutation(s) found
  • The sample contains undetermined variants N
 
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HaploGrep2 Update 2.1.0

We just updated HaploGrep2, with the following minor points:

  • the Export of the Extended Report (Export / Haplogroup Extendet (txt)) got extended with the “Found_Polys” – see Describtion below:
  • The Report for the potential Phantom Mutations got corrected, so that positions with bases according the rCRS reference are not listed anymore.
  • Report of the possible Recombinations based now on Hamming Distance instead of Kulczynksi-Distance.
  • 6 haplogoups were labeled wrong with H2 instead of H:
previously until 2.0.3
 correct in 2.1.0
H2+195 H+195
H2+195+146 H+195+146
H2+152 H+152
H2+16129 H+16129
H2+16291 H+16291
H2+13708 H+13708

Currently, the following columns are included:

SampleID – the identifier of the sample

Range – Sequenced / Genotyped positions on the mitochondrial genome

Haplogroup – resulting Haplogroup

Cluster – if first hit is ambiguous, the result of the cluster is listed in this column

Overall_Rank – the haplogrouping score (from 0.5 to 1) where 0.5 is indicates no SNPs found, and 1 is a perfect match. Now always with “.” as decimal separator

Not_found_Polys – false negatives – mutations expected in this haplogroup but not found

Found_Polys – true positives – mutations found for the resulting haplogroup. Backmutations are considered as well, indicated by ! (see 182T! or 195C! in Sample Africa01)

Remaining_Polys – Variants not being used for this haplogrouping classification – indicates: a) possibly new haplogroup, or b) possible sample admixture, or phantom mutation (false positives). Listed here are hotspot mutations as well as local private mutations (found in at least one different haplogroup) or global private mutation (unknown in the current phylogeny), as well as heteroplasmic mutations or reference identical positions (the latter is often the case for MicroArray based data).

AAC_Remaining – the remaining Variants in the previous column are checked – and marked as such if involved in an Amino Acid Change.

Input_Sample – the profile used for the classification

 
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HaploGrep 2 Stand-alone Version

With some delay, we finally updated the stand-alone Version of HaploGrep to the latest version 2. This includes the latest Phylotree 17 (Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series, from December 2015), finescaling the human phylogeny even further. This version has no file-upload limit as  currently applied on the web service (file size of 5MB and max. 3,000 samples – you can use compressed files in zip format tough). We also provide a command-line version of haplogrep2, which makes it straight-forward to integrate it in your workflows or pipelines directly. Or you can use the Rest-API for doing so.

Here’s the direct link to the Download Page – enjoy – and don’t hesitate to contact us in case of questions, suggestions, or any kind of problems.

And here’s the evolution of HaploGrep’s sessions per month from Google analytics, with the release of the Phylotree Versions:

haplogrep_phylotree

 

 
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New HaploGrep Exports in Detail

Here’s the overview of the new export options, HaploGrep 2 offers, by clicking on the small arrow next to Export:

haplogrep_export

Missing a specific export format? Feel free to contact us!