Headers

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Headers are included in outputs for the samtools coverage command and blast results. Header definitions are as follows:

samtools coverage headers

Column headerMeaning
rnameLocus name
numreadsNumber reads aligned to the region (after filtering)
covbasesNumber of covered bases with depth >= 10
coveragePercentage of covered bases [0..100]
meandepthMean depth of coverage
meanbaseqMean baseQ in covered region
meanmapqMean mapQ of selected reads

BLASTn output headers

Column headerMeaning
qseqidQuery sequence id
sseqidSubject (matched allele) id
pidentPercentage of identical matches
lengthAlignment length (sequence overlap)
mismatchNumber of mismatches
gapopenMumber of gap openings
qstartStart of alignment in query
qendEnd of alignment in query
sstartStart of alignment in subject
sendEnd of alignment in subject
evalueExpect value
bitscoreBit score
qlenQuery sequence length
slenSubject sequence length