samtools pileup for multiple diploid individuals?
Is it appropriate to use samtools pileup (which uses maq's consensus- and SNP-calling model) on pooled reads from multiple diploid individuals? I'm looking for SNPs both within the read population, and between the reads and the reference. I've got 6 individuals in separate samples from a species close to the reference, at low enough depth where I should probably just forget about mapping each individual separately (in other words, I can forget about calling a genotype for each individual). But I'd still like to call the most likely consensus and SNP for this population ...
Is it appropriate to use samtools pileup (which uses maq's consensus- and SNP-calling model) on pooled reads from multiple diploid individuals? I'm looking for SNPs both within the read population, and between the reads and the reference. I've got 6 individuals in separate samples from a species close to the reference, at low enough depth where I should probably just forget about mapping each individual separately (in other words, I can forget about calling a genotype for each individual). But I'd still like to call the most likely consensus and SNP for this population ...
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