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fix(archaic): bring the HG002 Neanderthal share back in line with the published figure for the method - #313

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The problem

Step 43 still gives HG002 more Neanderthal sequence than the method's authors publish for Europeans with the same tool and cutoffs. Before the masks it was 115.2 Mb against about 51 Mb (49.9 to 82.9 Mb across their released per-person calls). The masks brought chr22 down from 1,748 kb to 1.3 Mb with the ALL frequencies, but EUR still gave 1.7 Mb (run https://github.com/GeiserX/OwnGenome/actions/runs/42089578470). The published chr22 median for Europeans is 541 kb.

The cause

The published workflow (IBDmix's j.cell.2020.01.012-workflow) does not drop masked sites. It keeps them in IBDmix's genotype file and passes the mask to IBDmix with --mask. IBDmix then scores nothing at a masked site, except a homozygous mismatch (lod_calculator.cc: the archaic 0/0 against a modern 1/1, or the reverse, is scored even when the site is not selected). So masked sequence can still end a segment that it contradicts.

Our table did the opposite. A call outside its genome's FilterBed became unknown (9) and a row in a segmental duplication or indel window was dropped. IBDmix had nothing to score there, mismatches included, so a segment could run through masked sequence unopposed.

The fix

  • bin/archaic_report.py table: a call outside its genome's FilterBed, or any call at an excluded site, is kept and marked masked: 10 plus its ALT count (10, 11, 12). Unknown stays 9.
  • bin/archaic_report.py genotypes: writes the masked call to IBDmix as its ALT count, and the masked positions of each genome to chrN.<genome>.mask.bed in the work folder. A code outside 0, 1, 2, 9 and 10 to 12 stops the step.
  • scripts/43-archaic.sh and modules/local/archaic/main.nf: pass that mask to IBDmix with -r.
  • docs/43-archaic.md says how the masks work now and what is left.

Output files, names and columns do not change. Only the numbers move. The table changes its codes, and setup.sh --archaic already rebuilds when the table code changes (its stamp holds the sha256 of the table half of bin/archaic_report.py). A table built before this reads as before: no masked code, empty masks, the old result.

Decisions taken here

  • The strict mask still drops rows. That filter runs in scripts/setup.sh after the liftover, and setup.sh is outside this package. Marking those rows instead is the one remaining difference from the published workflow in how masked sites are handled. The doc says so.
  • No 22-chromosome dispatch from this branch. The whole-genome check stays with the release run of public-evidence.yml: dispatch it and confirm the Neanderthal total is inside 49.9 to 82.9 Mb.

How it was checked

Unit tests (tests/test_archaic_report.py):

  • Table: outside its mask a call is 10 plus its count; a row whose only call is masked stays; every call at an excluded site is masked (12, 10, 11 where the unmasked control reads 2, 0, 1).
  • Genotypes: masked calls go to IBDmix as 2, 0, 1; the mask files hold the right runs (22 99 200, 22 399 600 for Altai); an unmasked table writes empty masks; code 7 stops the step.
  • IBDmix itself, with an in-test control: a planted Neanderthal stretch with a contradicted, masked 200 kb middle. With the calls written as 9 (the old table) the segment must cover at least 90% of the middle. With the masked codes and -r it must cover at most 10%.

Red run, local, with bin/archaic_report.py from main and part 4 skipped:

[FAIL] outside its mask a genome's call is masked (10 for 0/0), where the control read 0
[FAIL] a row whose only call is masked stays, with that call masked (200: Altai 0/0 is 10)
[FAIL] an archaic-only site inside its mask keeps that genome's ALT, and the other genome's call is masked

With the fix: all checks passed.

The e2e case archaic-ancestry-1 builds the whole chr22 table. It checks that each archaic column holds masked codes, at least 10,000 rows each, and that every code is 0, 1, 2, 9 or 10 to 12. A table built without the masks has no such code. The case prints HG002's chr22 Neanderthal total next to the published spread. CI on head 9b28ec4: the fast checks upstream are green. The e2e run on the fork is green, and archaic-ancestry-1 passed in it: HG002's chr22 total is 1,177 kb, inside the published per-person range of 51 to 1,716 kb (the gate), though above the 95th percentile (it was 1.7 Mb with the masks dropped). Fork run: https://github.com/geiresx/OwnGenome/actions/runs/42300411281

Bead: pgp-pfw6.35 stays open. This is a partial fix. chr22 is 1,177 kb, closer to the published figures but above their 95th percentile (1,132 kb) and about twice the median (541 kb). Still to do: mark the strict-mask rows in scripts/setup.sh instead of dropping them, and a whole-genome run that lands in 49.9 to 82.9 Mb.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Archaic ancestry analysis now retains masked calls and supplies a separate mask for each archaic genome to IBDmix. Masked mismatches can affect segment scoring.
  • Documentation
    • Updated guidance describes how masked calls are represented and handled, along with revised chromosome 22 results and workflow notes.

…the published workflow does

The table coded a call outside its genome's FilterBed as unknown (9) and
dropped every row in a segmental duplication or indel window. IBDmix then
had nothing to score there, so a segment ran through masked sequence that
contradicts it. Chen et al. keep those sites and pass a mask to IBDmix,
which stops them scoring except for a homozygous mismatch.

The table now marks a masked call as 10 plus its ALT count. Step 43 writes
the call to IBDmix and the masked positions to chrN.<genome>.mask.bed,
passed with -r in the bash step and the Nextflow module. A table without
masked codes gives empty masks and the old result.

Bead: pgp-pfw6.35
…BDmix mask

The e2e case checked that the masks dropped rows (fewer than 645,000 on
chr22). The masks now mark calls instead, so it checks each archaic column
holds masked codes and every code is 0, 1, 2, 9 or 10 to 12.

Bead: pgp-pfw6.35
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The table retains masked archaic calls as ALT-count codes. The genotype step writes per-genome masks and unmasked ALT counts. The workflow and script pass those masks to IBDmix. Tests and documentation cover the encoding, mask files, and segment behavior.

Changes: Archaic masked calls

Layer / File(s) Summary
Encode masked archaic calls
bin/archaic_report.py, docs/43-archaic.md, tests/test_archaic_report.py, tests/e2e/archaic-ancestry-1.sh
The table builder retains readable calls outside a genome’s mask or inside excluded regions as codes 10–12. Tests check masked rows and supported codes.
Write genotype and mask files
bin/archaic_report.py, docs/43-archaic.md, modules/local/archaic/main.nf, tests/test_archaic_report.py
The genotype step validates archaic codes, converts masked codes to ALT counts, and writes per-genome BED intervals. Tests cover intervals across omitted VCF rows, empty masks, and invalid codes.
Pass masks to IBDmix
modules/local/archaic/main.nf, scripts/43-archaic.sh, tests/test_archaic_report.py, docs/43-archaic.md
The workflow and script pass the matching chromosome and genome mask with -r. Integration tests compare masked calls with unknown calls. The documentation describes segment behavior and runtime results.

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Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

  • GeiserX/OwnGenome#298: Adds the FilterBeds and exclusion rules that this change uses to mark calls as masked.
  • GeiserX/OwnGenome#305: Updates validation of the whole-genome Neanderthal total, which this change identifies as a remaining check.
  • GeiserX/OwnGenome#264: Measures and documents the Neanderthal-share discrepancy addressed by this change.
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The first version changed the table codes after the row was written, so
both runs scored the mismatches in full and the 9 control could not show
the segment running through the middle.

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n = first = last = dropped = carried = 0
num = chrom[3:]
path = os.path.join(a.out_dir, f"{chrom}.gt.gz")
# Per archaic genome, the runs of written rows whose call is masked:
# [first, last] positions, closed at the next unmasked row.
runs = {g: [] for g in ARCHAICS}
open_run = {g: None for g in ARCHAICS}
with gzip.open(path, "wt", compresslevel=1) as out:
out.write(head + "\n")
for c in read_table(tables[chrom]):
pos, ref, alt = int(c[1]), c[2], c[3]
arch = []
for g, v in zip(ARCHAICS, c[4:7]):
if v not in ARCHAIC_CODES:
die(f"{tables[chrom]}: {chrom}:{pos} has {g} code {v!r}; the table holds 0, 1, 2, 9 "
f"or {MASKED} to {MASKED + 2}")
arch.append(int(v))
call = calls.get(pos)
if call is None:
code = 0

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- IBDmix/README.md at main · PrincetonUniversity/IBDmix · GitHub — https://github.com/PrincetonUniversity/IBDmix/blob/main/README.md
- IBDmix/README.md at main · PrincetonUniversity/IBDmix · GitHub — https://github.com/PrincetonUniversity/IBDmix/blob/main/README.md?plain=1
- (PDF) Limited Selection on Neanderthal DNA in 30,780 Recently Admixed Genomes with African-like Ancestry — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/406367514_Limited_selection_on_Neanderthal_DNA_in_30780_recently_admixed_genomes_with_African-like_ancestry
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- GitHub - PrincetonUniversity/IBDmix · GitHub — https://github.com/PrincetonUniversity/IBDmix
- ibdmix - bioconda | Anaconda.org — https://anaconda.org/bioconda/ibdmix
- (PDF) Limited Selection on Neanderthal DNA in 30,780 Recently Admixed Genomes with African-like Ancestry — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/406367514_Limited_selection_on_Neanderthal_DNA_in_30780_recently_admixed_genomes_with_African-like_ancestry
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Warn when the archaic table is stale.

If an older table remains installed, this step accepts it and writes empty masks without warning. IBDmix then uses the old filtered calls, so ancestry results omit the new masked-call behavior. Detect stale tables and tell users to rerun setup.sh --archaic.

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Add a freshness check to the archaic-table processing flow before writing
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detected rather than silently producing empty masks. Use the available
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…erthal share (#323)

## The problem

HG002's chr22 Neanderthal total from step 43 was 1,177 kb, above the 541 kb median the method's authors publish for Europeans on chr22 with the same cutoffs. The last fix (#313) kept masked sites in IBDmix's input and passed IBDmix its mask, but `setup.sh --archaic` still dropped every row outside the 1000 Genomes GRCh38 strict mask. IBDmix then had nothing to score there, mismatches included, so a segment could run through that sequence unopposed. The e2e gate was also loose: it only failed above the highest published value (1,716 kb).

## The fix

- `bin/archaic_report.py strict` (new, in the table half, so the table stamp changes and an installed table is rebuilt on the next `setup.sh --archaic`): takes the lifted GRCh38 rows and marks every archaic call at a site outside the strict mask as masked (10 to 12, unknown stays 9), once per position.
- `scripts/setup.sh` (archaic part only) calls it instead of filtering with `bcftools query -T`. Step 43 already writes those codes to IBDmix and hands it the positions as `-r`, so no other code changes.
- `tests/e2e/archaic-ancestry-1.sh`: the old check "no row outside the strict mask" is replaced by: at least 7,000 rows outside it are kept (the measured run kept 14,031), and none has an unmarked call. The chr22 Neanderthal total is a regression guard at 1,200,000 bp (and not under the published lowest, 51 kb); the published figures are printed beside the measured value.
- `docs/43-archaic.md` says what the strict mask does now and what is gated.

Output file names, columns and formats do not change. The table is internal reference data and its codes were already 10 to 12. Only the numbers can move.

## Decisions taken here

- The marking is a subcommand of `archaic_report.py`, not an awk line in `setup.sh`, so a unit test can fail it and the stamp picks it up.
- One chromosome of one person varies widely, so the chr22 bound is a regression guard, not a claim of being inside the published range (EUR: lowest 51 kb, median 541 kb, 95th 1,132 kb, highest 1,716 kb). The measured value with the marked table is 1,138 kb (fork run https://github.com/geiresx/OwnGenome/actions/runs/42335592918).
- The whole-genome check (49.9 to 82.9 Mb), the release run of `public-evidence.yml`, decides pgp-pfw6.35, which stays open.

## How it was checked

- `tests/test_archaic_report.py`, part 1b (strict). Red: with `bin/archaic_report.py` from main it fails with `invalid choice: 'strict'`. Green with the fix.
- The 1,200 kb guard is red on the pre-#313 value: `test 1748000 -le 1200000` fails, while 1,138,189 passes. A table that still gave 1,177 kb would pass, by decision.
- The kept-row check on a three-row control table with the same awk: a table that drops those rows gives `0 0` (fails the floor), kept but unmarked gives `1 2` (fails), kept and marked gives `1 0` (passes).
- Fork e2e on the final head: see the fork-ci/e2e status of this PR.

Beads: pgp-pfw6.35 (second half; stays open until the whole-genome check).


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **New Features**
  - Archaic variant tables now retain rows outside the GRCh38 strict mask, marking valid archaic calls as masked while preserving unknown calls. Duplicate positions are retained only once.
  - Long Delly calls now use sex and pseudoautosomal regions to assess read-depth support.
- **Bug Fixes**
  - Filtered or reference-only variants no longer suppress overlapping structural variant calls.
  - Re-checks now detect image-reference changes and coordinate ClinVar refreshes with running analyses.
- **Documentation**
  - Clarified strict-mask handling, table rebuilding, and how masking affects reported results.
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E2E evidence: https://github.com/geiresx/OwnGenome/actions/runs/42420699707
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