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. 2022 Jan 31;17(1):e0262574. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262574

Table 1. A brief summary of different tools.

caller Bcftools 16GT Freebayes VarScan2 GATK
Code C Perl C++ Java Java
Model HMM & MAQ 16-genotype probabilistic Bayesian heuristic algorithm Bayesian
Sampling Single & multiple Single Single Single & multiple Single & multiple
Variants SNPs & indels SNPs & indels SNPs & indels&MNPs SNPs & indels SNPs & indels
Features Sorting, indexing, etc. easy to use, timesaving straightforward meet desired thresholds for read depth, base quality, variant allele frequency, and statistical significance Realignment, per base recalibration, VQSR
Reference Danecek et al., 2017 [15] Luo et al., 2017 [19] Garrison and Marth, 2012 [18] Koboldt et al., 2012 [16] Mckenna et al., 2010 [14]