Details
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Improvement
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Status: Open
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Minor
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Resolution: Unresolved
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AStalavista 3.2 (API 1.22)
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Description
Astalavista can read gzip-compressed GTF files, but not (b)gzip-compressed VCF files. (Note that bgzip-compressed files are compatible with normal gzip files.)
Given that nowadays it is common for variant data to be provided as (tabix-indexed) bgzipped VCF files, and given the large sizes of genomic scale variant files, it would be convenient if Astalavista could read them directly rather than requiring them to be decompressed.