A. J. Vilella, A. Blanco-García, S. Hutter and J. Rozas
Universitat de Barcelona
Current Release: Version 2.0.5 (December 10, 2024)

VariScan is a software package for the analysis of DNA sequence polymorphisms at the whole genome scale. Among other features, the software:

1. can conduct many population genetic analyses;
   
2. incorporates a multiresolution wavelet transform-based method that allows capturing relevant information from DNA polymorphism data; and
   
3. it facilitates the visualization of the results in the most commonly used genome browsers.

Downloads

• VariScan Complete package (source code, executables, scripts, LastWave software, documentation, data file examples, and more)

• VariScan Documentation (PDF) and VariScan examples (input/output data files in ZIP archive)

Note: The LastWave 2.0.4 software has been written by E. Bacry:  http://www.cmap.polytechnique.fr/~bacry/LastWave/

References

• Vilella, A, J., Blanco-Garcia, A., Hutter, S. and Rozas, J. (2005). VariScan: Analysis of evolutionary patterns from large-scale DNA sequence polymorphism data. Bioinformatics  21: 2791-2793. ( PDF )

• Hutter, S., Vilella, A, J. and Rozas, J. (2006). Genome-wide DNA polymorphism analyses using VariScan. BMC Bioinformatics 7: 409. ( PDF )

Bug Reports

Please send your questions, comments and bug reports via SF's VariScan Tracker or emailing to avilella_AT_gmail_DOT_com.