generate-SQC-BAM

1. Overview
2. How To Run
3. Flow Diagram
4. Pipeline Steps
5. Inputs
6. Outputs
7. Discussions
8. Contributors
9. References

Overview

This pipeline takes BAMs and runs selected Quality Control (QC) steps. Available algorithms are currently SAMtools stats, Picard CollectWgsMetrics and Qualimap bamqc. Generally either Qualimap bamqc or SAMtools stats and Picard CollectWgsMetrics should be run, not both. Qualimap bamqc uses a lot of memory and should not be run within uclahs-cds/metapipeline-DNA. Input can include any combination of tumor and normal BAMs from a single donor. Each will be processed independently. RNA specific QC is not yet implemented but is expected soon.

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How To Run

1. Update the params section of the .config file (Example config).

2. Update the input YAML (Template YAMLs).

3. See the submission script, here, to submit your pipeline

Requirements

Currently supported Nextflow versions: v23.04.2

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Flow Diagram

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Pipeline Steps

Each of the below algorithms, if selected, will run in parallel subject to available resources.

1. SAMtools stats

samtools stats collects basic statistics from BAM files including read counts, qualities, GC content, insert sizes, read lengths, proper pairing, and duplicated bases.

2. Picard CollectWgsMetrics

picard CollectWgsMetrics collects coverage metrics from WGS BAM files.

3. Qualimap bamqc

qualimap bamqc collects basic statistics and coverage metrics from BAM files. Example output: html pdf. Qualimap bamqc uses a lot of memory and should not be run within uclahs-cds/metapipeline-DNA.

4. FastQC

FastQC aims to provide a QC report which can spot problems which originate either in the sequencer or in the starting library material.

5. mosdepth windows

mosdepth by windows provides fast BAM/CRAM depth calculation.

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Inputs

Input YAML

Example:

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patient_id: 'patient_id'
dataset_id: 'dataset_id'
input:
  normal:
    - path: /absolute/path/to/normal.bam
      read_length: length
  tumor:
    - path: /absolute/path/to/tumor.bam
      read_length: length

Config

Field	Type	Required	Description
algorithm	list	no	List of tools to be run: ['fastqc', 'samtools_stats', 'collectwgsmetrics', 'mosdepth_coverage', 'qualimap_bamqc'], default = ['stats', 'collectwgsmetrics']
reference	path	yes/no	Reference fasta is required only for CollectWgsMetrics
output_dir	path	yes	Not required if blcds_registered_dataset = true
blcds_registered_dataset	boolean	no	Default is false. Only uclahs_cds users should change this. When true, BLCDS folder structure is used
work_dir	path	no	Path of working directory for Nextflow. When included, Nextflow intermediate files and logs will be saved to this directory. With uclahs_cds = true, the default is /scratch and should only be changed for testing/development. Changing this directory to /hot or /tmp can lead to high server latency and potential disk space limitations, respectively.

SAMtools specific configuration

Field	Type	Required	Description
stats_max_rgs_per_sample	integer	no	If a sample has more than this number of readgroups, SAMtools stats will not run per readgroup analysis. Default = 20
stats_max_libs_per_sample	integer	no	If a sample has more than this number of libraries, SAMtools stats will not run per library analysis. Default = 20
stats_remove_duplicates	boolean	no	Ignore reads marked as duplicate. Default = false
stats_additional_options	string	no	Any additional options recognized by samtools stats

FastQC specific configuration

Field	Type	Required	Description
fastqc_level	string	yes	'readgroup', 'library' or 'sample'
fastqc_additional_options	string	no	Any additional options recognized by FastQC

Picard specific configuration

Field	Type	Required	Description
cwm_coverage_cap	integer	no	Cap coverage at this value. Default = 250
cwm_minimum_mapping_quality	integer	no	Ignore reads with mapping quality below this value. Default = 20
cwm_minimum_base_quality	integer	no	Ignore bases with quality below this value. Default = 20
cwm_use_fast_algorithm	boolean	no	If true, fast algorithm is used
cwm_additional_options	string	no	Any additional options recognized by CollectWgsMetrics

mosdepth windows specific configuration

Field	Type	Required	Description
mosdepth_use_fast_algorithm	boolean	no	fast algorithm ignores read pair overlaps and CIGARs. It should not be used on libraries with small insert sizes. Default = false
mosdepth_window_size	integer	no	Size for mosdepth windows coverage calculations
mosdepth_additional_options	string	no	Any additional options recognized by mosdepth

Qualimap specific configuration

Field	Type	Required	Description
bamqc_output_format	string	no	Choice of 'pdf' or 'html', default = 'pdf'
bamqc_additional_options	string	no	Any additional options recognized by bamqc

Base resource allocation updaters

To update the base resource (cpus or memory) allocations for processes, use the following structure. The default allocations can be found in the node-specific config files

base_resource_update {
    memory = [
        [['process_name', 'process_name2'], <multiplier for resource>],
        [['process_name3', 'process_name4'], <different multiplier for resource>]
    ]
    cpus = [
        [['process_name', 'process_name2'], <multiplier for resource>],
        [['process_name3', 'process_name4'], <different multiplier for resource>]
    ]
}

Note Resource updates will be applied in the order they're provided so if a process is included twice in the memory list, it will be updated twice in the order it's given.

Examples:

• To double memory of all processes:

base_resource_update {
    memory = [
        [[], 2]
    ]
}

• To double memory for run_CollectWgsMetrics_Picard and triple memory for run_statsSamples_SAMtools and run_bamqc_Qualimap:

base_resource_update {
    memory = [
        ['run_CollectWgsMetrics_Picard', 2],
        [['run_statsSamples_SAMtools', 'run_bamqc_Qualimap'], 3]
    ]
}

• To double CPUs and memory for run_CollectWgsMetrics_Picard and double memory for run_statsSamples_SAMtools:

base_resource_update {
    cpus = [
        ['run_CollectWgsMetrics_Picard', 2]
    ]
    memory = [
        [['run_CollectWgsMetrics_Picard', 'run_statsSamples_SAMtools'], 2]
    ]
}

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Outputs

Output	Description
{SAMtools-version}_{dataset_id}_{sample_id}_stats.txt	SAMtools stats results
{Picard-version}_{dataset_id}_{sample_id}_wgs-metrics.txt	Picard CollectWgsMetrics results
{Qualimap-version}_{dataset_id}_{sample_id}_stats	Directory of Qualimap results, including, genome_results.txt and either .pdf or .html and supporting directories
{FastQC-version}_{dataset_id}_{sample_id}_fastqc	Directory of FastQC results
{mosdepth-version}_{dataset_id}_{sample_id}-{window_size}.mosdepth.summary.txt	Coverage by region with a final line for total
{mosdepth-version}_{dataset_id}_{sample_id}-{window_size}.mosdepth.global.dist.txt	a cumulative distribution indicating the proportion of total bases that were covered for at least a given coverage value
{mosdepth-version}_{dataset_id}_{sample_id}-{window_size}.mosdepth.region.dist.txt	a cumulative distribution indicating the proportion of the windows that were covered for at least a given coverage value
{mosdepth-version}_{dataset_id}_{sample_id}-{window_size}.regions.bed.gz	Bedfile giving coverage for each window

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References

1. SAMtools stats
2. Picard CollectWgsMetrics
3. Qualimap bamqc
4. FastQC
5. mosdepth

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Discussions

• Issue Tracker to report errors and enhancement ideas.
• Discussions can take place in generate-SQC-BAM Discussions
• generate-SQC-BAM Pull Requests are also open for discussion

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Contributors

Please see list of Contributors at GitHub.

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License

Generate-SQC-BAM is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2. See the file LICENSE for the terms of the GNU GPL license.

Generate-SQC-BAM takes BAM files and generates per sample QC metrics

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