OCOCO - Online Consensus Caller
OCOCO is a online consensus caller, capable to infer SNVs dynamically as read alignments are fed in. OCOCO inputs unsorted alignments from an unsorted SAM/BAM stream and decides about single-nucleotide updates of the current genomic consensus using statistics stored in compact several-bits counters. Updates are reported in the online fashion using unsorted VCF. OCOCO provides a fast and memory-efficient alternative to the usual variant calling, particularly advantageous when reads are sequenced or mapped progressively, or when available computational resources are at a premium.