Skip to main content
. 2017 Sep 18;34(3):381–387. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx595

Table 1.

Wildcard symbol table for ambiguous genotypes

Ambiguous GN symbol Possible genotypes Hete- or Homo-zygous Sure to be SNV if reference is
Y TT/TC/CC Not sure A, G
R AA/AG/GG Not sure T, C
A, Y AT/AC Heterozygous A, T, C, G
C, Y CT/CC Not sure A, T, G
G, Y GT/GC Heterozygous A, T, C, G
T, Y TT/TC Not sure A, C, G
A, R AA/AG Not sure T, C, G
C, R CA/CG Heterozygous A, T, C, G
G, R GA/GG Not sure A, T, C
T, R TA/TG Heterozygous A, T, C, G

Note: The wildcard characters are defined as: Y = T/C and R = A/G.