2.0.1 release candidate build 12 6th July, 2022
- When running
hybpiper stats
, empty lines in the namelist.txt file are ignored.
2.0.1 release candidate build 11 29th June, 2022
- Adding hybpiper_dir search for single sample recovery when running
hybpiper retrieve_sequences
. Adding sample name to recovered fasta file. - Adding
--memory 1024
tospades.py
command (macOS Monterey compatibility pre SPAdes version 3.15.4)
2.0.1 release candidate build 8 24th June, 2022
- Capture errors relating to malformed input
*.fastq
files during read distribution, and log error to file. - When running
hybpiper stats
, if no input read count file can be found, log issue and sample to screen along with instructions, and exit.
2.0.1 release candidate build 8 16th June, 2022
- If mapping is performed with BWA and the BWA mapping step fails, remove any
*.bam
file that has been produced.
2.0 release candidate March, 2022
This update involves a substantial refactor of the HybPiper pipeline, with changes to the internal code, additional functionality, and additional output. Changes include:
- Python 3.6 or later, along with the Python libraries:
- Exonerate 2.40 or later
- DIAMOND. The conda install can be found here.
- BBtools. The conda install can be found here.
Code refactor:
- HybPiper now has an installation process (conda or pip via setup.py), rather than scripts being called directly.
- After installation, all HybPiper commands are accessed via the main command
hybpiper
, followed by a subcommand e.g.assemble
. - The
reads_first.py
module has been renamed toassemble.py
, and now imports other pipeline modules rather than calling them as external Python scripts. - The
exonerate_hits.py
module has been substantially re-written to use the BioPython SearchIO Exonerate text parser, as this allows much more data recovered from Exonerate search results. - The
intronerate.py
module has been removed; this functionality has been moved toexonerate_hits.py
. - The
paralog_investigator.py
module has been removed; this functionality has been moved toexonerate_hits.py
. - The
gene_recovery_heatmap_ggplot.R
andgene_recovery_heatmap.R
R scripts have been replaced by the Python modulegene_recovery_heatmap.py
. - The
get_seq_lengths.py
script has been removed; this functionality is now performed by the modulehybpiper_stats.py
(commandhybpiper stats
). The fileseq_lengths.tsv
is written by default; this filename can be changed via the parameter--seq_lengths_filename
.
Additional features/functionality:
- HybPiper can now check target files for sequences with problematic low-complexity regions via command
hybpiper check_targetfile
. - The
hybpiper assemble
command checks that the provided target file is formatted correctly and can be translated as expected (in the case of a nucleotide target file). Any issues are printed to screen and details are logged to file. - The program DIAMOND can be used in place of BLASTX when mapping reads to target sequences.
- When using BLAST or DIAMOND, the
hybpiper stats
command now calculates the enrichment efficiency; previously this was only calculated when using BWA. - The
hybpiper assemble
commands can now accept read files in compressed gzip format (suffix*.gz
). - Logging when running
hybpiper assemble
has been unified and extended to provide additional debugging information. A single log file is written per-sample in the sample directory e.g.EG30_hybpiper_assemble_2021-12-02-10_45_56.log
. - Checks for all dependencies are now run by default when
hybpiper assemble
is run. - Gene assemblies can no be performed using the SPAdes MDA (single cell) mode.
- All Exonerate searches are now performed with the option
--refine full
; in the case of failure, a fallback run without this parameter is performed. - In some situations HybPiper creates a gene sequence by 'stitching' together Exonerate hits from different SPAdes contigs. In some scenarios this can result in hit from different paralogs being joined together. HybPiper now performs a test (work in progress, currently sensitivity is low) to search for such 'chimeric' sequences, and provides warnings in the file
{sample_name}_genes_derived_from_putative_chimera_stitched_contig.csv
within each sample folder. Note that this chimera test is only performed in cases where a stitched contig has been created from multiple contigs, and paired-end reads are provided. - By default, the SPAdes assembly folder is now deleted for each gene after contigs have been recovered. The user no longer needs to run
cleanup.py
after each run, and this script has been removed. Deleting the SPAdes directory dramatically reduces the total number of files produced by a completed run of HybPiper, which can be very useful when running it on and HPC with file number limits. To retain the SPAdes directory (i.e. for debugging purposes), the flag--keep_intermediate_files
can be used. - When running Intronerate (via flag
-run_intronerate
with commandhybpiper assemble
, a block of 10 'N' characters is inserted into supercontigs at locations where different SPAdes contigs have been concatenated. This behaviour can be turned off via the flag--no_padding_supercontigs
. - In cases where HybPiper recovers sequence for multiple non-contiguous segments of a gene, the gaps between the segments will be padded with a number of 'N' characters. The number of Ns corresponds to the number of amino acids in 'best' protein reference for that gene that do not have corresponding SPAdes contig hits, multiplied by 3 to convert to nucleotides.
- The command
hybpiper stats
now writes pipeline run statistics directly to file, rather than to standard out. - The command
hybpiper recover_sequences
now supports sequence recovery from a single sample. - The command
hybpiper recover_sequences
now supports filtering of samples based on statistics generated via thehybpiper stats
command (e.g. number of genes recovered, number of genes with paralogs, etc). - The command
hybpiper paralog_retriever
now writes a table of gene-vs-sample with a matrix of paralog counts, and produces a heatmap image file from this table. A text report file is also produced, listing gene and sample names that contain paralogs in above a given threshold percentage.
New options/flags:
For subcommand hybpiper assemble
:
--diamond
. When provided, DIAMOND (with default sensitivityfast
) will be used to map reads against the bait/target file, rather than the default BLASTX.--diamond_sensitivity
. DIAMOND will be run with the provided sensitivity (options aremid-sensitive
,sensitive
,more-sensitive
,very-sensitive
,ultra-sensitive
).--run_intronerate
. When used, the functionintronerate()
in moduleexonerate_hits.py
will be run to recover introns and supercontigs where possible.--merged
. When used, R1 and R2 reads will be merged usingBBmerge.sh
, where possible. Both the merged and the remaining unmerged reads will be used for SPAdes assembly.--no_stitched_contigs
. When used, gene sequences will comprise the longest Exonerate hit from a single SPAdes contig; no contig/hit stitching will be attempted.--paralog_min_length_percentage
. Corresponds to the minimum percentage length for a SPADes contig Exonerate hit (vs the reference query sequence length) for it to be flagged and recovered as a 'long' paralog. Previously this parameter was hardcoded to 0.75. This parameter effected both types of paralog warnings (by length, and by depth).--bbmap_subfilter
. Ban BBmap alignments with more than this many substitutions when searching for chimeric stitched contigs. Default is 7.--bbmap_threads
. The number of threads to use for BBmap when searching for chimeric stitched contigs. Default is 2.--bbmap_memory
. The amount of memory (RAM) in MB to use for BBmap when searching for chimeric stitched contigs. Default is 1000.--chimeric_stitched_contig_edit_distance
. Minimum number of differences between one read of a read pair vs a stitched contig reference for a read pair to be flagged as discordant. Default is 5.--chimeric_stitched_contig_discordant_reads_cutoff
. Minimum number of discordant reads pairs required to flag a stitched contig as a potential chimera of contigs from multiple paralogs. Default is 5.--keep_intermediate_files
. 1) If used, the SPAdes assembly folder for each gene will not be deleted. Note that previous versions of HybPiper retained the SPAdes assembly folders by default; they could previously be removed after runningreads_first.py
using thecleanup.py
script. 2) If used, retain theexonerate_hits.py
module log within each gene folder. Default behaviour is to delete each log after it has been copied to the main log file in the sample directory.--distribute_hi_mem
. When used, distributing and writing reads to individual gene directories will be 40-50 percent faster, but can use more memory/RAM with large input files.--single_cell_assembly
. Run SPAdes assemblies using MDA (single-cell) mode.--verbose_logging
. When used, the pipline logging will be much more verbose (particularly in the Exonerate stage), which can increase log file size dramatically.
For subcommand hybpiper retrieve_sequences
:
--single_sample_name
. Allows the user to specify a single sample name; sequences from this sample only will be recovered in single*.fasta
file.--skip_chimeric_genes
. If used, skip retrieval of any genes/sample for which the stitiched contig was flagged as chimeric (potentially derived from multiple paralogs).--fasta_dir
. User can specify a directory for output sequences.--stats_file
. User can supply the stats fil produced by the commandhybpiper stats
for filtering samples (see below).--filter_by
. User can filter samples based on statistics in the stats file.
For subcommand hybpiper stats
:
- A positional parameter for the
sequence type
has been added, with the options {gene, supercontig}. Note that all length statistics are now provided as number of nucleotides, regardless of whether an amino-acid or nucleotide bait file was used. --stats_filename
. The statistics are now written directly to file. This parameter can be used to specify the filename; default ishybpiper_stats.tsv
.
For subcommand hybpiper recovery_heatmap
:
seq_lengths_file
. A positional parameter providing the filename for theseq_length.tsv
(default) output ofhybpiper stats
--heatmap_filename
. Supply a filename for the heatmap image file. Default isheatmap
.--figure_length
. Supply a length dimension (in inches) for the heatmap image file. Default is auto-calculated.--figure_height
. Supply a height dimension (in inches) for the heatmap image file. Default is auto-calculated.--sample_text_size
. Supply a text size (in points) for the heatmap image file sample names. Default is auto-calculated.--gene_text_size
. Supply a text size (in points) for the heatmap image file gene names. Default is auto-calculated.--heatmap_filetype
. Provide a filetype for the heatmap image file {png,pdf,eps,tiff,svg}. Default ispng
.--heatmap_dpi
. Supply a Dots Per Inch value (in DPI) for the heatmap image file. Default is 300.
For subcommand hybpiper paralog_retriever
:
--fasta_dir_all
. Supply a directory name for the paralog*.fasta
files when recovering all sequences included putative chimeric stitched contig sequences (the latter are recovered when paralogs are not present). Default isparalogs_all
.--fasta_dir_no_chimeras
. Supply a directory name for the paralog*.fasta
files when recovering all sequences except for putative chimeric stitched contig sequences. Default isparalogs_no_chimeras
.--paralogs_above_threshold_report_filename
. Specify the filename for a text report file listing genes and samples with paralogs in greater than a given percentage threshold of genes/samples. Default isgenes_with_paralogs.txt
.--paralogs_list_threshold_percentage
. Percent of total number of samples and genes that must have paralog warnings to be reported in thegenes_with_paralogs.txt
(default) file.--heatmap_filename
. Supply a filename for the heatmap image file. Default isparalog_heatmap
.--figure_length
. Supply a length dimension (in inches) for the heatmap image file. Default is auto-calculated.--figure_height
. Supply a height dimension (in inches) for the heatmap image file. Default is auto-calculated.--sample_text_size
. Supply a text size (in points) for the heatmap image file sample names. Default is auto-calculated.--gene_text_size
. Supply a text size (in points) for the heatmap image file gene names. Default is auto-calculated.--heatmap_filetype
. Provide a filetype for the heatmap image file {png,pdf,eps,tiff,svg}. Default ispng
.--heatmap_dpi
. Supply a Dots Per Inch value (in DPI) for the heatmap image file. Default is 300.
The following options/flags have been changed or removed:
- The parameter
--baitfile
or-b
has been replaced with--targetfile_dna/targetfile_aa
or-t_dna/t-aa
, to more accurately describe the contents of the file provided. - The parameter
--length_pct
has been removed as a parameter tohybpiper assemble
and is no longer used in internal code. - The parameter
--thresh
(percent identity threshold for retaining Exonerate hits) forhybpiper assemble
now defaults to 55 (previously 65). - The flag
--check-depend
has been replaced byhybpiper check_dependencies
. Dependency checking is now also performed every time thehybpiper assemble
command is run. - The flags
--no-blast
,--no-distribute
,--no-exonerate
, and--no-assemble
have been replaced with the parameter--start_from
. - The parameter
--timeout
has been replaced with--timeout_assemble
and--timeout_exonerate_contigs
, providing more fine-grained control over different stages of the assemble pipeline.
The following output files have been changed or removed:
- ToDo
The following output files/folders have been added:
- The command
hybpiper paralog_retreiver
now write paralogs to two folders - one with all sequences, and the other without putative chimeric sequences. - The command
hybpiper paralog_retreiver
now produces a heatmap showing paralogs detected. - The command
hybpiper paralog_retreiver
now produces a report file in *tsv format listing genes with paralogs in above user-provided thresholds. - The file containing paralog warnings (produced when multiple long contigs are present for a gene) has been renamed from
genes_with_paralog_warnings.txt
to<sample_name>_genes_with_long_paralog_warnings.txt
. - In addition to the standard paralog warning produced when multiple long contigs are present for a gene, the
hybpiper assemble
command now provides a paralog warning when multiple short contigs are present which together cover the reference sequence for a given gene at a depth >1, across a given percentage length (default 75%) of the reference. These warning are written to each sample directory to the file<sample_name>_genes_with_paralog_warnings_by_contig_depth.csv
chimera_test_diagnostic_reads.sam
.- XXX Other intronerate files, if we end up keeping them?
- The
hybpiper retrieve_sequences command
can now produce an output folder to contain fasta files.
1.3.2 February, 2020
- Fix for Issue 41 a problem in
intronerate.py
when attempting to resolve overlapping gene annotations. - Add support in
retrieve_sequences.py
for a list of HybPiper outputs rather than everything in a directory - Add support for supercontigs in
get_seq_lengths.py
- Remove integer requirement for
--cov_cutoff
to accommodateauto
andoff
settings in Spades.
1.3.1 IMPORTANT BUG FIX August, 2018
- Reverts a change in 1.3 that changed the behavior when there is only one hit in
exonerate
. Strandedness was not handled properly, leading some sequences to be returned in reverse complement. Sequences recovered using 1.3 should be re-run withreads_first.py --no-blast --no-distribute --no-assemble
to repeat just the exonerate step.
1.3 The Herbarium Update January, 2018
-
Added
--exclude
flag to be the inverse of--target
: all sequences with the specified string will not be used as targets for exon extraction (they will still be used for read-mapping). Useful if you want to add supercontig sequence to the target file, but not use it for exon extraction. -
Added
--addN
tointronerate.py
. This feature will add 10 N characters in between joined contig when recovering the supercontig. This is useful for identifying where the intron recovery fails, and for annotation processing (i.e. for GenBank). -
Added a new version of the heatmap script,
gene_recovery_heatmap_ggplot.R
. This script is much simpler and produces nice color PNG images, but struggles a bit on PDF output. The original heatmap script is stil included. Thanks to Paul Wolf for the ggplot code!
- Fixed misassembly of supercontigs when there are multiple alignments to different parts of the same exon.
- Fixed poor filtering of GFF results to produce intron/exon annotation.
- Fixed non-propogation of exonerate parameters
1.2.1 September, 2017
- Fixed assembly issue when gene does not have unpaired reads.
- Fixed distribution of targets when unpaired reads present.
- Fixed use of unpaired reads to detect best target.
1.2 May, 2017
-
Added
--unpaired
flag. When using paired-end sequencing reads, a third read file may be specified with this flag. Reads will be mapped to targets separately, but will be used along with paired reads in contig assembly. -
Added
--target
flag. Adds the ability to choose which of the reference sequences is used for each gene. If--target
is a file (tab-delimited file with one gene and one target name per line), HybPiper will use that. Otherwise--target
can be the name of one reference. HybPiper will only use targets with the specified name in the Alignment/Exon Extraction phase. All other targets for that locus will only be used in the Mapping/Read Sorting phase. -
Added
--timeout
flag, which uses GNU Parallel to kill processes (i.e. Spades or Exonerate) if they take X percent longer than average. Use if there are a lot of stuck jobs (--timeout 1000
) -
Python 3 compatibility
- Can accommodate Solexa FASTQ paired headers
- Fixed
spades_runner.py
not recognizing--cpu
on redos - Prints more meaningful messages for some common errors
- Can accommodate
prefix
not being in current directory - Deletes sorted reads on restart to prevent double counting reads.
spades_runner.py
will now respect--kvals
- Added initial call to log for
reads_first.py
1.1 May, 2016: Release associated with manuscript in Applications in Plant Sciences.
-
Added
paralog_investigator.py
, which detects and extracts long exons from putative paralogs in all genes in one sample. -
Added
paralog_retriever.py
, which retrieves sequences generated byparalog_investigator.py
for many samples (or the coding sequence generated byexonerate_hits.py
if no paralogs are detected). -
Added a test_dataset of 13 genes for 9 samples, and a shell script to run the test data through the main script and several post-processing scripts.
-
Fixed bug involving calling HybPiper with a relative path such as:
../reads_first.py
-
reads_first.py --check_depend
now checks for SPAdes, BWA, and Samtools -
Full revision of README, which is now shorter. Full tutorials on installing and running HybPiper are now on the Wiki.
1.0 Feb, 2016: Initial fully-featured release associated with submission of manuscript to Applications in Plant Sciences.
-- Sequence assembly now uses SPAdes rather than Velvet + CAP3