[ensembl-dev] VEP e!90 HGVS del/dup bases removed?

Sarah Hunt seh at ebi.ac.uk
Mon Dec 11 15:35:00 GMT 2017


Hi Luke,

Thanks for this suggestion - we will add this functionality.

All the best,

Sarah

On 11/12/2017 15:17, Luke Goodsell wrote:
>
> Hi Sarah,
>
> Indeed, that would be very helpful.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Luke
>
> *From: *Dev <dev-bounces at ensembl.org> on behalf of Sarah Hunt 
> <seh at ebi.ac.uk>
> *Reply-To: *Ensembl developers list <dev at ensembl.org>
> *Date: *Monday, 11 December 2017 at 15:16
> *To: *Ensembl developers list <dev at ensembl.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [ensembl-dev] VEP e!90 HGVS del/dup bases removed?
>
>
> Hi Luke,
>
> We don't have a thread to share for this one. If the deleted reference 
> allele used was reported seperately, would this be adequate for your 
> checks?
>
> Sarah
>
> On 11/12/2017 14:01, Luke Goodsell wrote:
>
>     Hi Sarah,
>
>     Thanks for providing an answer so quickly.
>
>     Is there a thread I can read through where this change was
>     discussed? I’d like to better understand the rationale for
>     discarding the bases rather than having them, say, optionally
>     removed. Just because they aren’t canonical or perfect in all
>     situations doesn’t mean they aren’t useful in some situations.
>
>     Kind regards,
>
>     Luke
>
>     *From: *Dev <dev-bounces at ensembl.org>
>     <mailto:dev-bounces at ensembl.org> on behalf of Sarah Hunt
>     <seh at ebi.ac.uk> <mailto:seh at ebi.ac.uk>
>     *Reply-To: *Ensembl developers list <dev at ensembl.org>
>     <mailto:dev at ensembl.org>
>     *Date: *Monday, 11 December 2017 at 13:44
>     *To: *Ensembl developers list <dev at ensembl.org>
>     <mailto:dev at ensembl.org>
>     *Subject: *Re: [ensembl-dev] VEP e!90 HGVS del/dup bases removed?
>
>     Hi Luke,
>
>     After discussions with collaborators on the myriad of different
>     ways the same allele can be represented in HGVS, we removed the
>     deleted/duplicated bases to conform with the recommended rather
>     than permitted version of the nomenclature. There isn't a way to
>     include them at the moment. This could be added, but it would
>     contribute to the difficulty in comparing annotations across
>     different sources.
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Sarah
>
>     On 11/12/2017 13:18, Luke Goodsell wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         We’ve noticed since upgrading from e!88 to e!90 that the
>         deleted/duplicated bases are no longer being reported in HGVS
>         strings. Is there a way to include them?
>
>         Out of curiosity, why were they removed? It was my
>         understanding that they are not required by the HGVS spec, but
>         that they can be optionally included. We use them downstream
>         as a way to double-check the variant annotation.
>
>         Kind regards,
>
>         Luke
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