MoChA on Biowulf

MoChA is a bcftools extension to call mosaic chromosomal alterations starting from phased VCF files with either B Allele Frequency (BAF) and Log R Ratio (LRR) or allelic depth (AD).

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Documentation
Important Notes

Interactive job
Interactive jobs should be used for debugging, graphics, or applications that cannot be run as batch jobs.

Allocate an interactive session and run the program. Sample session:

[user@biowulf]$ sinteractive -c 8 --mem 20g --gres=lscratch:20 --time=2:00:00
salloc.exe: Pending job allocation 46116226
salloc.exe: job 46116226 queued and waiting for resources
salloc.exe: job 46116226 has been allocated resources
salloc.exe: Granted job allocation 46116226
salloc.exe: Waiting for resource configuration
salloc.exe: Nodes cn3144 are ready for job

[user@cn3144 ~]$ module load mocha
+] Loading samtools 1.16  ...
[+] Loading zlib 1.2.11  ...
[+] Loading bedtools  2.29.2
[+] Loading gcc  9.2.0  ...
[+] Loading GSL 2.6 for GCC 9.2.0 ...
[+] Loading openmpi 3.1.4  for GCC 9.2.0
[+] Loading ImageMagick  7.0.8  on cn2385
[+] Loading HDF5  1.10.4
[+] Loading NetCDF 4.7.4_gcc9.2.0
[+] Loading pandoc  2.10.1  on cn2385
[+] Loading pcre2 10.21  ...
[+] Loading R 4.0.0
[+] Loading mocha  1.16
Available executables are in stored in the folder pointed to by the environment variable MOCHA_BIN:
[user@cn3144 ~]$ ls $MOCHA_BIN
extendFMT  mocha  mochatools  trio-phase
To print the usage message for an executable, type its name without arguments. For example:
[user@cn3144 ~]$ mocha
Genome reference assembly was not specified with --rules or --rules-file

About:   MOsaic CHromosomal Alterations caller, requires phased genotypes (GT)
         and either B-allele frequency (BAF) and Log R Ratio intensity (LRR)
         or allelic depth coverage (AD). (version 2020-09-01 https://github.com/freeseek/mocha)
Usage:   mocha [OPTIONS] <in.vcf>

Required options:
    -r, --rules <assembly>[?]      predefined genome reference rules, 'list' to print available settings, append '?' for details
    -R, --rules-file <file>        genome reference rules, space/tab-delimited CHROM:FROM-TO,TYPE

General Options:
    -x, --sex <file>               file including information about the gender of the samples
        --call-rate <file>         file including information about the call_rate of the samples
    -s, --samples [^]<list>        comma separated list of samples to include (or exclude with "^" prefix)
    -S, --samples-file [^]<file>   file of samples to include (or exclude with "^" prefix)
        --force-samples            only warn about unknown subset samples
    -v, --variants [^]<file>       tabix-indexed [compressed] VCF/BCF file containing variants
    -t, --targets [^]<region>      restrict to comma-separated list of regions. Exclude regions with "^" prefix
    -T, --targets-file [^]<file>   restrict to regions listed in a file. Exclude regions with "^" prefix
    -f, --apply-filters <list>     require at least one of the listed FILTER strings (e.g. "PASS,.")
                                   to include (or exclude with "^" prefix) in the analysis
    -p  --cnp <file>               list of regions to genotype in BED format
        --mhc <region>             MHC region to exclude from analysis (will be retained in the output)
        --kir <region>             KIR region to exclude from analysis (will be retained in the output)
        --threads <int>            number of extra output compression threads [0]

Output Options:
    -o, --output <file>            write output to a file [no output]
    -O, --output-type <b|u|z|v>    b: compressed BCF, u: uncompressed BCF, z: compressed VCF, v: uncompressed VCF [v]
        --no-version               do not append version and command line to the header
    -a  --no-annotations           omit Ldev and Bdev FORMAT from output VCF (requires --output)
        --no-log                   suppress progress report on standard error
    -l  --log <file>               write log to file [standard error]
    -m, --mosaic-calls <file>      write mosaic chromosomal alterations to a file [standard output]
    -g, --genome-stats <file>      write sample genome-wide statistics to a file [no output]
    -u, --ucsc-bed <file>          write UCSC bed track to a file [no output]

HMM Options:
        --bdev-LRR-BAF <list>      comma separated list of inverse BAF deviations for LRR+BAF model [-2.0,-4.0,-6.0,10.0,6.0,4.0]
        --bdev-BAF-phase <list>    comma separated list of inverse BAF deviations for BAF+phase model
                                   [6.0,8.0,10.0,15.0,20.0,30.0,50.0,80.0,100.0,150.0,200.0]
        --min-dist <int>           minimum base pair distance between consecutive sites for WGS data [400]
        --adjust-BAF-LRR <int>     minimum number of genotypes for a cluster to median adjust BAF and LRR (-1 for no adjustment) [5]
        --regress-BAF-LRR <int>    minimum number of genotypes for a cluster to regress BAF against LRR (-1 for no regression) [15]
        --LRR-GC-order <int>       order of polynomial to regress LRR against local GC content (-1 for no regression) [2]
        --xy-prob <float>          transition probability [1e-06]
        --err-prob <float>         uniform error probability [1e-02]
        --flip-prob <float>        phase flip probability [1e-02]
        --centromere-loss <float>  penalty to avoid calls spanning centromeres [1e-04]
        --telomere-gain <float>    telomere advantage to prioritize CN-LOHs [1e-02]
        --x-telomere-gain <float>  X telomere advantage to prioritize mLOX [1e-04]
        --y-telomere-gain <float>  Y telomere advantage to prioritize mLOY [1e-05]
        --short-arm-chrs <list>    list of chromosomes with short arms [13,14,15,21,22,chr13,chr14,chr15,chr21,chr22]
        --use-short-arms           use variants in short arms [FALSE]
        --use-centromeres          use variants in centromeres [FALSE]
        --use-no-rules-chrs        use chromosomes without centromere rules  [FALSE]
        --LRR-weight <float>       relative contribution from LRR for LRR+BAF  model [0.2]
        --LRR-hap2dip <float>      difference between LRR for haploid and diploid [0.45]
        --LRR-cutoff <float>       cutoff between LRR for haploid and diploid used to infer gender [estimated from X nonPAR]
...
In order to run the mocha executable on sample data, first download the data to your current directory ( about 3.5GB ), then run the sample command below to output results to the compressed BCF file ( about 3.5GB,uncompressed VCF file about 14GB ):
[user@cn3144 ~]$ cp $MOCHA_DATA/* .
[user@cn3144 ~]$ mocha -g GRCh37 -p $MOCHA_REF/cnp.grch37.bed.gz --LRR-GC-order 0 -c calls.tsv -z stats.tsv -u ucsc.bed -Ob --threads 7 -o output.bcf kgp_om25.8v1-1.as.bcf
MoChA 2020-09-01 https://github.com/freeseek/mocha
Genome reference: GRCh37
Regions to genotype: /fdb/mocha/GRCh37/cnp.grch37.bed.gz
BAF deviations for LRR+BAF model: -2.0,-4.0,-6.0,10.0,6.0,4.0
BAF deviations for BAF+phase model: 6.0,8.0,10.0,15.0,20.0,30.0,50.0,80.0,100.0,150.0,200.0
Minimum base pair distance between consecutive sites: 400
Order of polynomial in local GC content to be used to regress LRR against GC: 0
Transition probability: 1e-06
Uniform error probability: 0.01
Phase flip probability: 0.01
Centromere penalty: 0.0001
Telomere advantage: 0.01
X telomere advantage: 0.0001
Y telomere advantage: 1e-05
List of short arms: 13,14,15,21,22,chr13,chr14,chr15,chr21,chr22
Use variants in short arms: FALSE
Use variants in centromeres: FALSE
Use chromosomes without centromere rules: FALSE
Relative contribution from LRR for LRR+BAF model: 0.20
Difference between LRR for haploid and diploid: 0.69
Using genome assembly from GRCh37
Loading 2 sample(s) from the VCF file
Read 38 variants from contig 1
Read 18 variants from contig 2
Read 22 variants from contig 3
Read 12 variants from contig 4
Read 10 variants from contig 5
Read 13 variants from contig 6
Read 13 variants from contig 7
Read 7 variants from contig 8
Read 11 variants from contig 9
Read 15 variants from contig 10
...
[user@cn3144 ~]$ more output.vcf
##fileformat=VCFv4.2
##FILTER=<ID=PASS,Description="All filters passed">
##FORMAT=<ID=GT,Number=1,Type=String,Description="Genotype">
##FORMAT=<ID=AD,Number=G,Type=Integer,Description="Allelic Depths of REF and ALT(s) in the order listed">
##FORMAT=<ID=DP,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Read Depth">
##contig=<ID=1>
##contig=<ID=2>
##contig=<ID=3>
##contig=<ID=4>
##contig=<ID=5>
##contig=<ID=6>
##contig=<ID=7>
...
##FORMAT=<ID=Bdev_Phase,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="BAF deviation phase, if available">
##bcftools_pluginVersion=1.10+htslib-1.10
##bcftools_pluginCommand=/usr/local/apps/mocha/1.10.2/lib/mocha.so --LRR-GC-order -1 -r GRCh37 -p /fdb/moc
ha/GRCh37/cnp.grch37.bed.gz -o output.vcf input.vcf.gz; Date=Mon Sep 28 09:51:10 2020
#CHROM  POS     ID      REF     ALT     QUAL    FILTER  INFO    FORMAT  TCGA-B5-A0JV-01A-11D-A10B-09     TC
GA-B5-A0JV-10A-01W-A10C-09
1       3703493 .       G       A       .       .       .       GT:AD:DP:Ldev:Bdev:Bdev_Phase   0/1:57,9:.
:0:0:0  0/0:24,0:.:0:0:0
1       19433445        .       C       T       .       .       .       GT:AD:DP:Ldev:Bdev:Bdev_Phase    0/
1:63,13:.:0:0:0 0/0:115,0:.:0:0:0
1       21804793        .       C       T       .       .       .       GT:AD:DP:Ldev:Bdev:Bdev_Phase    0/
1:181,47:.:0:0:0        0/0:347,0:.:0:0:0
1       21952879        .       C       T       .       .       .       GT:AD:DP:Ldev:Bdev:Bdev_Phase    0/
...
Exit the mocha application: [user@cn3144 ~]$ exit salloc.exe: Relinquishing job allocation 46116226 [user@biowulf ~]$

Batch job
Most jobs should be run as batch jobs.

Create a batch input file (e.g. mocha.sh). For example:

#!/bin/bash
set -e
module load mocha
export TMPDIR=/lscratch/$SLURM_JOBID
mocha  -g GRCh37 -p $MOCHA_REF/cnp.grch37.bed.gz -o output1.vcf input1.vcf.gz
mocha  -g GRCh37 -p $MOCHA_REF/cnp.grch37.bed.gz -o output2.vcf input2.vcf.gz
...

Submit this job using the Slurm sbatch command.

sbatch --cpus-per-task=16 --mem=30g --gres=lscratch:20 mocha.sh
Swarm of Jobs
A swarm of jobs is an easy way to submit a set of independent commands requiring identical resources.

Create a swarmfile (e.g. mocha.swarm). For example:

mocha  -g GRCh37 -p $MOCHA_REF/cnp.grch37.bed.gz -o output1.vcf input1.vcf.gz
mocha  -g GRCh37 -p $MOCHA_REF/cnp.grch37.bed.gz -o output2.vcf input2.vcf.gz
...

Submit this job using the swarm command.

swarm -f mocha.swarm [-g 30] [-t 16] --module mocha
where
-g # Number of Gigabytes of memory required for each process (1 line in the swarm command file)
-t # Number of threads/CPUs required for each process (1 line in the swarm command file).
--module TEMPLATE Loads the TEMPLATE module for each subjob in the swarm