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VarScan

VarScan website

VarScan is a platform-independent mutation caller for targeted, exome, and whole-genome resequencing data generated on Illumina, SOLiD, Life/PGM, Roche/454, and similar instruments. The newest version, VarScan 2, is written in Java, so it runs on most operating systems. It can be used to detect different types of variation:

Environment Modules

Run module spider VarScan to find out what environment modules are available for this application.

System Variables

  • HPC_VARSCAN_DIR - software directory