Tweak dcov documentation to help prevent user confusion
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@ -129,19 +129,18 @@ public class GATKArgumentCollection {
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public Double downsampleFraction = null;
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/**
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* For locus-based traversals (eg., LocusWalkers and ActiveRegionWalkers), downsample_to_coverage controls the
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* maximum depth of coverage at each locus. For non-locus-based traversals (eg., ReadWalkers), this controls the
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* maximum number of reads sharing the same alignment start position. Note that for ReadWalkers, since -dcov controls
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* the maximum number of reads sharing the same alignment start position, you will typically need to use much lower
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* dcov values than you would with LocusWalkers to see an effect. Note also that this downsampling option does NOT
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* produce an unbiased random sampling from all available reads at each locus: instead, the primary goal of the
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* For locus-based traversals (LocusWalkers and ActiveRegionWalkers), downsample_to_coverage controls the
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* maximum depth of coverage at each locus. For read-based traversals (ReadWalkers), it controls the
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* maximum number of reads sharing the same alignment start position. For ReadWalkers you will typically need to use
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* much lower dcov values than you would with LocusWalkers to see an effect. Note that this downsampling option does
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* not produce an unbiased random sampling from all available reads at each locus: instead, the primary goal of the
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* to-coverage downsampler is to maintain an even representation of reads from all alignment start positions when
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* removing excess coverage. For a true across-the-board unbiased random sampling of reads, use -dfrac instead. Also
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* note that the coverage target is an approximate goal that is not guaranteed to be met exactly: the downsampling
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* algorithm will under some circumstances retain slightly more coverage than requested.
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* removing excess coverage. For a truly unbiased random sampling of reads, use -dfrac instead. Also note
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* that the coverage target is an approximate goal that is not guaranteed to be met exactly: the downsampling
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* algorithm will under some circumstances retain slightly more or less coverage than requested.
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*/
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@Argument(fullName = "downsample_to_coverage", shortName = "dcov",
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doc = "Coverage [integer] to downsample to",
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doc = "Coverage [integer] to downsample to per locus (for locus walkers) or per alignment start position (for read walkers)",
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required = false)
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public Integer downsampleCoverage = null;
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