Download release: gatk-4.7.0.0.zip
Docker image: https://hub.docker.com/r/broadinstitute/gatk/
Highlights of the 4.7.0.0 release:
- Upgraded to HTSJDK 5.0.0 and Picard 3.5.0, bringing full CRAM 3.1 write support and faster BAM/CRAM I/O (#9406, #9216).
- New
--output-cram-versionoption to select the CRAM version (3.0 or 3.1) for CRAM output; default is 3.1 (#9413). - Updated GKL to 0.9.1, including an optimized implementation of the DRAGEN PDHMM (#9152, #9220).
- Structural variant improvements in SVConcordance, including variant stratification and overlap metrics (#9125).
- Funcotator MANE transcript annotation improvements (#9369, #9226).
- GenotypeGVCFs somatic support extended to use DRAGEN SQ (#9188).
- HaplotypeCaller option to upweight ALT-supporting reads (#9234).
Full list of changes:
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New Tools
- Added a tool to convert a counts-type file to a depth-type file (#9231).
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HaplotypeCaller
- Added a command-line option to upweight ALT-supporting reads (#9234).
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Mutect2
- No changes in this release.
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Joint Calling
- Extended somatic support in GenotypeGVCFs to use DRAGEN SQ (#9188).
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GenomicsDB
- No changes in this release.
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Funcotator
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Mitochondrial pipeline
- No changes in this release.
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CNV Calling
- See the new counts-to-depth conversion tool under New Tools (#9231).
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SV Calling
- Added variant stratification and overlap metrics in SVConcordance (#9125).
- Check breakpoint distance for each CPX interval and overall in SVConcordance (#9324).
- Do not strip ECN fields from truth records in SVConcordance (#9161).
- Improved handling of intersecting groups in SVStratify (#9185).
- Sort CPX intervals by position in SVAnnotate (#9175).
- Fixed index outputs from PrintSVEvidence and CollectSVEvidence (#9269).
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Notable Enhancements
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Bug Fixes
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Miscellaneous Changes
- Staged the Docker build so a variant without the conda environment can also be built (#9168).
- Read build artifacts from Google Artifact Registry (GAR) (#9198).
- Pinned the gcnvkernel dependency for Python 3.10 and other build fixes (#9313).
- Silenced CodeQL JavaScript/TypeScript errors (#9304).
- Updated CI job-matrix names so the relevant details appear in the dashboard (#9189).
- Migrated Maven Central publishing to the Sonatype Central Portal (#9415).
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Documentation
- No dedicated documentation changes in this release.
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Dependencies
New Contributors
- @kockan made their first contribution in #9214
- @ungwudik made their first contribution in #9198
- @VJalili made their first contribution in #9231
- @chirayuharyan made their first contribution in #9220
- @kirschem-roche made their first contribution in #9234
Full Changelog: 4.6.2.0...4.7.0.0