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Table 6 Computing performance of major functions using 23 exome sequencing samples on a 16 CPU workstation

From: SeqGene: a comprehensive software solution for mining exome- and transcriptome- sequencing data

Script

Function

#CPU

Peak RAM

(Gb)

Time

Notes

exon_qc

quality control

1

6

10-20 min

Per sample

sam2wig

generate wig file

1

2

20-50 min

Per sample

sam2pileup

generate pileup file

1

3-7

1-4 hours

Per sample

snp

annotate and filter snp and indels

1

4

2-8 min

Per sample

rpkm

quantify coverage on gene model

1

4

4-16 min

Per sample

cnv

copy number variation

1

4

5 min

Per sample

genotyping

genotyping file across samples

1

8

4 hour

Across 23 samples

phenotyping

coverage (expression) across samples

1

5

10 min

Across 23 samples

eqtl -m cis

Cis- EQTL

1

3

1 hour

1000 genome data

eqtl -m trans

Trans-EQTL

16 *

3

7 days

1000 genome data