Sniffles is a structural variation caller using third generation sequencing (PacBio or Oxford Nanopore). It detects all types of SVs (10bp+) using evidence from split-read alignments, high-mismatch regions, and coverage analysis. Please note the current version of Sniffles requires sorted output from BWA-MEM (use -M and -x parameter) or NGM-LR with the optional SAM attributes enabled! If you experience problems or have suggestions please contact: fritz.sedlazeck@gmail.com
Sniffles is a structural variation caller using third generation sequencing (PacBio or Oxford Nanopore). It detects all types of SVs (10bp+) using evidence from split-read alignments, high-mismatch regions, and coverage analysis. Please note the current version of Sniffles requires sorted output from BWA-MEM (use -M and -x parameter) or NGMLR with the optional SAM attributes enabled! If you experience problems or have suggestions please contact: fritz.sedlazeck@gmail.com
Please see our github wiki for more information (https://github.com/fritzsedlazeck/Sniffles/wiki)
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## NextGenMap-LR: (NGM-LR)
Sniffles performs best with the mappings of NGM-LR our novel long read mapping method.
## NGMLR
Sniffles performs best with the mappings of NGMLR our novel long read mapping method.
[Accurate and fast detection of complex and nested structural variations using long read technologies](http://schatzlab.cshl.edu/presentations/2016/2016.10.28.BIODATA.PacBioSV.pdf)
Biological Data Science, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 26 - 29.10.2016
[NextGenMap-LR: Highly accurate read mapping of third generation sequencing reads for improved structural variation analysis](http://www.cibiv.at/~philipp_/files/gi2016_poster_phr.pdf)
[NGMLR: Highly accurate read mapping of third generation sequencing reads for improved structural variation analysis](http://www.cibiv.at/~philipp_/files/gi2016_poster_phr.pdf)