<p>Samtools/bcftools/tabix is available in R via <a href="https://kasperdanielhansen.github.io/genbioconductor/html/Rsamtools.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Rsamtools</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/omicsCore/SEQprocess/blob/master/Reference_Manual.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SEQprocess</a> also provides wrappers for different tools such as GATK and bowtie.</p>
<p>More utility packages are noted <a href="https://docs.rc.fas.harvard.edu/kb/ngs-analysis-with-r/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>

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<p>Are there any good options for calling variants or even just a pileup from R? R is not ideal for this, but I'd like to integrate with other functions.</p>
<p>I found <a href="https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/deepSNV/versions/1.18.3/topics/bam2R" rel="nofollow noreferrer">deepSNV::bam2R</a> which roughly does what I am looking for. Are there any alternatives?</p>

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You can always call out to the shell from R. Do you need the solution to be pure R, or could it be a library hosted on CRAN, bioconductor, or even conda? How are you controlling your dependencies?
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@winni2k I was just looking for an R package. I am assuming the package is taking care of any dependencies.
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genotyping or variant calling in R
# genotyping or variant calling in R

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-03-01)

Are there any good options for calling variants or even just a pileup from R? R is not ideal for this, but I'd like to integrate with other functions.

I found [deepSNV::bam2R](https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/deepSNV/versions/1.18.3/topics/bam2R) which roughly does what I am looking for. Are there any alternatives?

**Tags:** r, sam, variant-calling, genotyping, variants
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You can always call out to the shell from R. Do you need the solution to be pure R, or could it be a library hosted on CRAN, bioconductor, or even conda? How are you controlling your dependencies?  
> **username_0**: @winni2k I was just looking for an R package. I am assuming the package is taking care of any dependencies.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2021-03-01. Score: 1

Samtools/bcftools/tabix is available in R via [Rsamtools](https://kasperdanielhansen.github.io/genbioconductor/html/Rsamtools.html).

[SEQprocess](https://github.com/omicsCore/SEQprocess/blob/master/Reference_Manual.pdf) also provides wrappers for different tools such as GATK and bowtie.

More utility packages are noted [here](https://docs.rc.fas.harvard.edu/kb/ngs-analysis-with-r/).


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