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ci(archaic): add a same-person comparison with Chen et al.'s released…
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ci(archaic): drop an unused variable that actionlint flags
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ci(archaic): fetch the 1000 Genomes files with curl, the bcftools ima…
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ci(archaic): rename the 2019 recall's contigs to chrN
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ci(archaic): per-genome IBDmix totals and the overlap with the releas…
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ci(archaic): upload the same-person files even when the comparison fails
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docs(archaic): state what the published Neanderthal totals measure an…
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fix(archaic): stop on an empty group, list each chromosome once
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203 changes: 198 additions & 5 deletions .github/workflows/public-evidence.yml
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# one an SNV.
# The job "empty" is the red control: an empty region
# list must make it fail.
# archaic-same-person the method check: one 1000 Genomes person with
# Chen et al.'s released calls, step 43 on her high- and
# low-coverage genotypes, beside the released figure.
# ancient-footprint setup.sh --ancient-panel on the full AADR 1240K files,
# then step 44 on HG002, each with the peak memory of
# its containers (the cgroup's memory.peak), the peak
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description: "Run the ancient-footprint job too"
type: boolean
default: true
hg002:
description: "Run the archaic-hg002 and archaic-share jobs (the whole-genome HG002 run)"
type: boolean
default: true
same_person:
description: "1000 Genomes person for the archaic-same-person job (Chen et al. released calls exist for them)"
type: string
default: NA12878
same_person_chromosomes:
description: "Autosomes for the archaic-same-person job, separated by spaces or commas, or none"
type: string
default: none

permissions:
contents: read
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retention-days: 3

archaic-hg002:
if: inputs.hg002
name: archaic-hg002 (${{ matrix.part }})
needs: archaic-sites
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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path: ${{ env.EV }}/out/${{ matrix.part }}
if-no-files-found: error

archaic-same-person:
# The method check behind the whole-genome gate: one 1000 Genomes person
# whose IBDmix calls Chen et al. 2020 released, run through step 43 on two
# inputs for the same person (the NYGC 30x high-coverage genotypes, and the
# original low-coverage phase 3 data called again on GRCh38), beside the
# released figure for that person and for the 1000 Genomes group.
needs: archaic-sites
if: inputs.same_person_chromosomes != 'none'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
timeout-minutes: 350
env:
SAMPLE: ${{ inputs.same_person }}
CHROMS: ${{ inputs.same_person_chromosomes }}
CHEN_ID: 125XCvTpQbK6TPX84y4442ZaDLDbxWMCf
CHEN_SHA256: 454bfa32f6b3cf4b48f0466b601054f5ed141fe61fea3aff4d3284a7a1f4dc5b
HC_URL: https://ftp.1000genomes.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/ftp/data_collections/1000G_2504_high_coverage/working/20220422_3202_phased_SNV_INDEL_SV
LC_URL: https://ftp.1000genomes.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/ftp/data_collections/1000_genomes_project/release/20190312_biallelic_SNV_and_INDEL
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
with:
persist-credentials: false

- name: Free disk space and pick the work area
run: |
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android /usr/share/dotnet /opt/ghc /usr/local/.ghcup \
/opt/hostedtoolcache/CodeQL /usr/local/share/boost
df -h / /mnt
work="${RUNNER_TEMP}/ev"
if [ "$(df --output=avail -k /mnt | tail -1)" -gt "$(df --output=avail -k / | tail -1)" ]; then
work=/mnt/ev
sudo mkdir -p "$work" && sudo chown "$(id -u):$(id -g)" "$work"
fi
echo "EV=${work}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
read -ra want <<< "$(printf '%s' "$CHROMS" | tr ',\r\n' ' ')"
for c in "${want[@]}"; do
[[ "$c" =~ ^([1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-2])$ ]] || { echo "same_person_chromosomes: '${c}' is not an autosome 1 to 22"; exit 1; }
done
[[ "$SAMPLE" =~ ^(HG|NA)[0-9]+$ ]] || { echo "same_person: '${SAMPLE}' is not a 1000 Genomes sample"; exit 1; }
(( ${#want[@]} > 0 )) || { echo "same_person_chromosomes: select at least one autosome"; exit 1; }
# each chromosome once, in order
echo "LIST=$(printf '%s\n' "${want[@]}" | sort -nu | tr '\n' ' ' | sed 's/ $//')" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"

- name: The GRCh38 reference, its index and dictionary
run: |
set -euo pipefail
. ./versions.env
R="${EV}/genome/reference"
mkdir -p "$R"
f=GCA_000001405.15_GRCh38_no_alt_analysis_set.fna
curl -fsSL --retry 5 -o "${R}/md5.txt" "${NCBI_REF}/md5checksums.txt"
curl -fsSL --retry 5 -o "${R}/${f}.gz" "${NCBI_REF}/${f}.gz"
curl -fsSL --retry 5 -o "${R}/GRCh38_no_alt_analysis_set.fasta.fai" "${NCBI_REF}/${f}.fai"
want=$(awk -v n="./${f}.gz" '$2 == n {print $1}' "${R}/md5.txt")
[ -n "$want" ] && [ "$(md5sum "${R}/${f}.gz" | cut -d' ' -f1)" = "$want" ] || { echo "md5 of ${f}.gz is not NCBI's"; exit 1; }
gzip -dc "${R}/${f}.gz" > "${R}/GRCh38_no_alt_analysis_set.fasta"
rm -f "${R}/${f}.gz"
docker run --rm -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v "${R}:/r" "$SAMTOOLS_IMAGE" \
samtools dict -o /r/GRCh38_no_alt_analysis_set.dict /r/GRCh38_no_alt_analysis_set.fasta

- uses: actions/download-artifact@9000827ccba6bdab643e8b6fd33ac0654aef8333 # v8.0.2
with:
name: archaic-1kg-sites
path: sites

- name: Chen et al.'s released calls (sha256 pinned)
run: |
set -euo pipefail
mkdir -p "${EV}/chen"
curl -fsSL --retry 5 -o "${EV}/chen/chen.txt" "https://drive.usercontent.google.com/download?id=${CHEN_ID}&export=download&confirm=t"
[ "$(sha256sum "${EV}/chen/chen.txt" | cut -d' ' -f1)" = "$CHEN_SHA256" ] || { echo "sha256 of Chen's file is not the pinned one"; head -c 300 "${EV}/chen/chen.txt"; exit 1; }
awk -v s="$SAMPLE" '$9 == s {n++} END {print s, n+0, "released segments"; exit n == 0}' "${EV}/chen/chen.txt"

- name: setup.sh --archaic for the chromosomes
env:
THREADS: '4'
run: |
set -euo pipefail
. ./versions.env
G="${EV}/genome"
DATA="${G}/reference/archaic/${ARCHAIC_DATA_VERSION}"
mkdir -p "${DATA}/download"
mv sites/1kg_sites.vcf.gz sites/1kg_sites.vcf.gz.tbi "${DATA}/download/"
: > "${EV}/regions37.bed"
for c in $LIST; do printf '%s\t0\t300000000\n' "$c" >> "${EV}/regions37.bed"; done
for c in $LIST; do
for g in Altai Vindija33.19 Denisova; do
curl -fsSL --retry 5 -C - -o "${DATA}/download/${g}.chr${c}.vcf.gz.part" \
"https://cdna.eva.mpg.de/neandertal/Vindija/VCF/${g}/chr${c}_mq25_mapab100.vcf.gz" &
done
wait
done
ARCHAIC_REGIONS="${EV}/regions37.bed" scripts/setup.sh --archaic "$G" 2>&1 | tee "${EV}/setup.log"
[ "${PIPESTATUS[0]}" -eq 0 ]
test -s "${DATA}/DONE"

- name: The person on both inputs, step 43 on each, and the comparison
env:
THREADS: '4'
run: |
set -euo pipefail
. ./versions.env
G="${EV}/genome" OUT="${EV}/out"
mkdir -p "$OUT"
# sub LABEL URL-PREFIX NAME-OF-FILE-PATTERN: the person's non-reference
# SNVs on the chromosomes, one VCF.
pull() {
local label=$1 url=$2 pat=$3 c parts=""
mkdir -p "${G}/${SAMPLE}${label}/vcf"
for c in $LIST; do
f="${pat//@/${c}}"
# The container has no CA bundle, so curl fetches the file here.
curl -fsSL --retry 5 -o "${EV}/in.vcf.gz" "${url}/${f}"
curl -fsSL --retry 5 -o "${EV}/in.vcf.gz.tbi" "${url}/${f}.tbi"
docker run --rm -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v "${EV}:/e" "$BCFTOOLS_IMAGE" \
bcftools view -s "$SAMPLE" -v snps --min-ac 1 -Oz -o "/e/${label}.raw.vcf.gz" /e/in.vcf.gz

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Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Preserve missing genotypes in the one-sample VCF.

If the selected sample has ./. at a variant site, --min-ac 1 removes that record. bin/archaic_report.py then treats the absent record as reference (0), rather than unknown (9). This changes low-coverage genotypes before IBDmix runs and can distort the same-person comparison. Keep missing-genotype records, or remove this filter. The pinned bcftools 1.24 implementation recalculates the allele count after sample selection. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @.github/workflows/public-evidence.yml at line 407:
Remove the --min-ac 1 filter from the bcftools view command that creates the
one-sample VCF, preserving records where the selected sample has a missing
genotype. Keep the sample selection, SNP filtering, and output behavior
unchanged.

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# The 2019 recall names the contigs 22, not chr22: rename them
# (a name already chrN stays as it is).
printf '%s\tchr%s\n' "$c" "$c" > "${EV}/rename.txt"
docker run --rm -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v "${EV}:/e" "$BCFTOOLS_IMAGE" \
bcftools annotate --rename-chrs /e/rename.txt -Oz -o "/e/${label}.chr${c}.vcf.gz" "/e/${label}.raw.vcf.gz"
rm -f "${EV}/${label}.raw.vcf.gz"
rm -f "${EV}/in.vcf.gz" "${EV}/in.vcf.gz.tbi"
parts="${parts} /e/${label}.chr${c}.vcf.gz"
done
# shellcheck disable=SC2086
docker run --rm -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v "${EV}:/e" -v "${G}:/g" "$BCFTOOLS_IMAGE" \
bcftools concat -Oz -o "/g/${SAMPLE}${label}/vcf/${SAMPLE}${label}.vcf.gz" $parts
docker run --rm -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v "${G}:/g" "$BCFTOOLS_IMAGE" \
bcftools index -t -f "/g/${SAMPLE}${label}/vcf/${SAMPLE}${label}.vcf.gz"
rm -f "${EV}/${label}".chr*.vcf.gz
echo "${label}: $(docker run --rm -v "${G}:/g" "$BCFTOOLS_IMAGE" bcftools view -H "/g/${SAMPLE}${label}/vcf/${SAMPLE}${label}.vcf.gz" | wc -l) SNV records"
}
pull hc "$HC_URL" '1kGP_high_coverage_Illumina.chr@.filtered.SNV_INDEL_SV_phased_panel.vcf.gz'
pull lc "$LC_URL" 'ALL.chr@.shapeit2_integrated_snvindels_v2a_27022019.GRCh38.phased.vcf.gz'
args=()
for label in hc lc; do
for pop in ALL EUR; do
ARCHAIC_POP=$pop GENOME_DIR="$G" scripts/43-archaic.sh "${SAMPLE}${label}" 2>&1 | tee "${OUT}/step43-${label}-${pop}.log"
cp "${G}/${SAMPLE}${label}/archaic/${SAMPLE}${label}_archaic_segments.tsv" "${OUT}/${label}-${pop}.segments.tsv"
cp "${G}/${SAMPLE}${label}/archaic/${SAMPLE}${label}_archaic.tsv" "${OUT}/${label}-${pop}.summary.tsv"
mkdir -p "${OUT}/ibdmix-${label}-${pop}"
cp "${G}/${SAMPLE}${label}/archaic/work/ibdmix/"chr*.txt "${G}/${SAMPLE}${label}/archaic/work/ibdmix/spans.tsv" "${OUT}/ibdmix-${label}-${pop}/"
args+=(--mine "${label}-${pop}=${OUT}/${label}-${pop}.segments.tsv")
done
done
grp=$(awk -v s="$SAMPLE" '$9 == s {print $8; exit}' "${EV}/chen/chen.txt")
python3 -I bin/archaic_compare.py compare --chen-file "${EV}/chen/chen.txt" --sample "$SAMPLE" --group "$grp" \
--chroms "$LIST" "${args[@]}" | tee "${OUT}/comparison.md"
for label in hc lc; do
{
echo "IBDmix output of ${label} (ALL frequencies), per archaic genome:"
echo ""
python3 -I bin/archaic_compare.py genomes --chen-file "${EV}/chen/chen.txt" --sample "$SAMPLE" \
--ibdmix-dir "${OUT}/ibdmix-${label}-ALL" --spans "${OUT}/ibdmix-${label}-ALL/spans.tsv"
echo ""
} | tee -a "${OUT}/genomes.md"
done
{
echo "### Same person: ${SAMPLE} (${grp}), chromosomes ${LIST}"
echo ""
echo "hc = NYGC 30x high-coverage genotypes (GRCh38); lc = the original low-coverage phase 3 data called again on GRCh38. ALL and EUR are the 1000 Genomes frequencies step 43 used."
echo ""
cat "${OUT}/comparison.md"
echo ""
cat "${OUT}/genomes.md"
} >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"

- name: Upload the segments and the comparison
if: always()
uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7.0.2
with:
name: archaic-same-person
path: ${{ env.EV }}/out
if-no-files-found: error

archaic-share:
needs: [archaic-sites, archaic-hg002]
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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nea=$(kv neanderthal_percent)
mb=$(awk -v b="$(kv neanderthal_bp)" 'BEGIN {printf "%.1f", b / 1e6}')
# Chen et al. 2020 (Cell 180:677), released per-person calls for
# Europeans: the union of the Altai and Vindija segments, LOD 4,
# 50 kb or longer, the cutoffs of step 43 (docs/43-archaic.md).
# the 503 Europeans: 42.0 to 62.0 Mb, median 51.6 Mb, made with the
# Altai genome alone and a refined call set. Step 43 takes the
# union of Altai and Vindija without the refinements, so its total
# is larger by design (docs/43-archaic.md, same-person comparison).
if [ "$WANT" -eq 22 ]; then
where=$(awk -v b="$(kv neanderthal_bp)" 'BEGIN {print (b < 49.9e6 ? "below" : (b > 82.9e6 ? "above" : "inside"))}')
cmp="HG002's ${mb} Mb of Neanderthal sequence is ${where} the published range: Chen et al. 2020 released per-person calls with the same method and cutoffs (Altai and Vindija union, LOD 4, 50 kb or longer), and Europeans carry 49.9 to 82.9 Mb in them (see docs/43-archaic.md)."
ratio=$(awk -v b="$(kv neanderthal_bp)" 'BEGIN {printf "%.1f", b / 51.6e6}')
cmp="HG002's ${mb} Mb of Neanderthal sequence is ${ratio} times the median (51.6 Mb) of the per-person totals Chen et al. 2020 released for 503 Europeans (42.0 to 62.0 Mb). Their method uses the Altai genome alone and a refined call set; step 43 takes the union of Altai and Vindija, so it finds more by design (see docs/43-archaic.md)."
else
cmp="HG002 has ${mb} Mb of Neanderthal sequence on these ${WANT} autosomes. The published range of 49.9 to 82.9 Mb (Chen et al. 2020, Europeans, Altai and Vindija union, LOD 4, 50 kb or longer) is for the 22 autosomes, so it is not compared here."
cmp="HG002 has ${mb} Mb of Neanderthal sequence on these ${WANT} autosomes. The per-person totals of Chen et al. 2020 (503 Europeans: 42.0 to 62.0 Mb) are for the 22 autosomes, so they are not compared here."
fi
{
echo "**1000 Genomes ${pop} frequencies:** Neanderthal ${nea}% ($(kv neanderthal_segments) segments, longest $(kv neanderthal_longest_bp) bp), Denisovan $(kv denisovan_percent)% ($(kv denisovan_segments) segments), over $(kv analysed_chromosomes) autosomes, $(kv analysed_bp) bp, $(kv analysed_sites) sites. ${cmp}"
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