MasonSimulator

Simulate NUM reads/pairs from the reference sequence IN.fa, potentially with variants from IN.vcf. In case that both -o and -or are given, write out paired-end data, if only -io is given, only single-end reads are simulated.

Web Documentation for MasonSimulator

Options

version-check
Turn this option off to disable version update notifications of the application.
quiet
Low verbosity.
verbose
Higher verbosity.
very-verbose
Highest verbosity.
seed
Seed to use for random number generator.
meth-seed
Seed to use for methylation level random number generator.
seed-spacing
Offset for seeds to use when multi-threading.
num-threads
Number of threads to use.
force-single-end
Force single-end simulation although --out-right file is given.
chunk-size
Number of fragments to simulate in one batch.
num-fragments
Number of reads/pairs to simulate.
methylation-levels
Enable methylation level simulation.
meth-cg-mu
Median of beta distribution for methylation level of CpG loci.
meth-cg-sigma
Standard deviation of beta distribution for methylation level of CpG loci.
meth-chg-mu
Median of beta distribution for methylation level of CHG loci.
meth-chg-sigma
Standard deviation of beta distribution for methylation level of CHG loci.
meth-chh-mu
Median of beta distribution for methylation level of CHH loci.
meth-chh-sigma
Standard deviation of beta distribution for methylation level of CHH loci.
fragment-size-model
The model to use for the fragment size simulation.
fragment-min-size
Smallest fragment size to use when using uniform fragment size simulation.
fragment-max-size
Largest fragment size to use when using uniform fragment size simulation.
fragment-mean-size
Mean fragment size for normally distributed fragment size simulation.
fragment-size-std-dev
Fragment size standard deviation when using normally distributed fragment size simulation.
seq-technology
Set sequencing technology to simulate.
seq-mate-orientation
Orientation for paired reads. See section Read Orientation below.
seq-strands
Strands to simulate from, only applicable to paired sequencing simulation.
embed-read-info
Whether or not to embed read information.
read-name-prefix
Read names will have this prefix.
enable-bs-seq
Enable BS-seq simulation.
bs-seq-protocol
Protocol to use for BS-Seq simulation.
bs-seq-conversion-rate
Conversion rate for unmethylated Cs to become Ts.
illumina-read-length
Read length for Illumina simulation.
illumina-prob-insert
Insert per-base probability for insertion in Illumina sequencing.
illumina-prob-deletion
Insert per-base probability for deletion in Illumina sequencing.
illumina-prob-mismatch-scale
Scaling factor for Illumina mismatch probability.
illumina-prob-mismatch
Average per-base mismatch probability in Illumina sequencing.
illumina-prob-mismatch-begin
Per-base mismatch probability of first base in Illumina sequencing.
illumina-prob-mismatch-end
Per-base mismatch probability of last base in Illumina sequencing.
illumina-position-raise
Point where the error curve raises in relation to read length.
illumina-quality-mean-begin
Mean PHRED quality for non-mismatch bases of first base in Illumina sequencing.
illumina-quality-mean-end
Mean PHRED quality for non-mismatch bases of last base in Illumina sequencing.
illumina-quality-stddev-begin
Standard deviation of PHRED quality for non-mismatch bases of first base in Illumina sequencing.
illumina-quality-stddev-end
Standard deviation of PHRED quality for non-mismatch bases of last base in Illumina sequencing.
illumina-mismatch-quality-mean-begin
Mean PHRED quality for mismatch bases of first base in Illumina sequencing.
illumina-mismatch-quality-mean-end
Mean PHRED quality for mismatch bases of last base in Illumina sequencing.
illumina-mismatch-quality-stddev-begin
Standard deviation of PHRED quality for mismatch bases of first base in Illumina sequencing.
illumina-mismatch-quality-stddev-end
Standard deviation of PHRED quality for mismatch bases of last base in Illumina sequencing.
sanger-read-length-model
The model to use for sampling the Sanger read length.
sanger-read-length-min
The minimal read length when the read length is sampled uniformly.
sanger-read-length-max
The maximal read length when the read length is sampled uniformly.
sanger-read-length-mean
The mean read length when the read length is sampled with normal distribution.
sanger-read-length-error
The read length standard deviation when the read length is sampled uniformly.
sanger-prob-mismatch-scale
Scaling factor for Sanger mismatch probability.
sanger-prob-mismatch-begin
Per-base mismatch probability of first base in Sanger sequencing.
sanger-prob-mismatch-end
Per-base mismatch probability of last base in Sanger sequencing.
sanger-prob-insertion-begin
Per-base insertion probability of first base in Sanger sequencing.
sanger-prob-insertion-end
Per-base insertion probability of last base in Sanger sequencing.
sanger-prob-deletion-begin
Per-base deletion probability of first base in Sanger sequencing.
sanger-prob-deletion-end
Per-base deletion probability of last base in Sanger sequencing.
sanger-quality-match-start-mean
Mean PHRED quality for non-mismatch bases of first base in Sanger sequencing.
sanger-quality-match-end-mean
Mean PHRED quality for non-mismatch bases of last base in Sanger sequencing.
sanger-quality-match-start-stddev
Mean PHRED quality for non-mismatch bases of first base in Sanger sequencing.
sanger-quality-match-end-stddev
Mean PHRED quality for non-mismatch bases of last base in Sanger sequencing.
sanger-quality-error-start-mean
Mean PHRED quality for erroneous bases of first base in Sanger sequencing.
sanger-quality-error-end-mean
Mean PHRED quality for erroneous bases of last base in Sanger sequencing.
sanger-quality-error-start-stddev
Mean PHRED quality for erroneous bases of first base in Sanger sequencing.
sanger-quality-error-end-stddev
Mean PHRED quality for erroneous bases of last base in Sanger sequencing.
454-read-length-model
The model to use for sampling the 454 read length.
454-read-length-min
The minimal read length when the read length is sampled uniformly.
454-read-length-max
The maximal read length when the read length is sampled uniformly.
454-read-length-mean
The mean read length when the read length is sampled with normal distribution.
454-read-length-stddev
The read length standard deviation when the read length is sampled with normal distribution.
454-no-sqrt-in-std-dev
For error model, if set then (sigma = k * r)) is used, otherwise (sigma = k * sqrt(r)).
454-proportionality-factor
Proportionality factor for calculating the standard deviation proportional to the read length.
454-background-noise-mean
Mean of lognormal distribution to use for the noise.
454-background-noise-stddev
Standard deviation of lognormal distribution to use for the noise.

Input Ports

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FASTA file with methylation levels of the input file. [fq,fq.bgzf,fq.gz,fastq,fastq.bgzf,fastq.gz,fa,fa.bgzf,fa.gz,fasta,fasta.bgzf,fasta.gz,faa,faa.bgzf,faa.gz,ffn,ffn.bgzf,ffn.gz,fna,fna.bgzf,fna.gz,frn,frn.bgzf,frn.gz,embl,embl.bgzf,embl.gz,gbk,gbk.bgzf,gbk.gz,raw,raw.bgzf,raw.gz,sam,sam.bgzf,sam.gz,bam,opt.]
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Path to FASTA file to read the reference from. [fq,fq.bgzf,fq.gz,fastq,fastq.bgzf,fastq.gz,fa,fa.bgzf,fa.gz,fasta,fasta.bgzf,fasta.gz,faa,faa.bgzf,faa.gz,ffn,ffn.bgzf,ffn.gz,fna,fna.bgzf,fna.gz,frn,frn.bgzf,frn.gz,embl,embl.bgzf,embl.gz,gbk,gbk.bgzf,gbk.gz,raw,raw.bgzf,raw.gz,sam,sam.bgzf,sam.gz,bam]
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Path to the VCF file with variants to apply. [vcf,vcf.bgzf,vcf.gz,opt.]
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Path to file with Illumina error profile. The file must be a text file with floating point numbers separated by space, each giving a positional error rate. [txt,opt.]
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FASTQ file to use for a template for left-end reads. [fq,fq.bgzf,fq.gz,fastq,fastq.bgzf,fastq.gz,fa,fa.bgzf,fa.gz,fasta,fasta.bgzf,fasta.gz,faa,faa.bgzf,faa.gz,ffn,ffn.bgzf,ffn.gz,fna,fna.bgzf,fna.gz,frn,frn.bgzf,frn.gz,embl,embl.bgzf,embl.gz,gbk,gbk.bgzf,gbk.gz,raw,raw.bgzf,raw.gz,sam,sam.bgzf,sam.gz,bam,opt.]
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FASTQ file to use for a template for right-end reads. [fq,fq.bgzf,fq.gz,fastq,fastq.bgzf,fastq.gz,fa,fa.bgzf,fa.gz,fasta,fasta.bgzf,fasta.gz,faa,faa.bgzf,faa.gz,ffn,ffn.bgzf,ffn.gz,fna,fna.bgzf,fna.gz,frn,frn.bgzf,frn.gz,embl,embl.bgzf,embl.gz,gbk,gbk.bgzf,gbk.gz,raw,raw.bgzf,raw.gz,sam,sam.bgzf,sam.gz,bam,opt.]

Output Ports

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Output of single-end/left end reads. [fq,fq.bgzf,fq.gz,fastq,fastq.bgzf,fastq.gz,fa,fa.bgzf,fa.gz,fasta,fasta.bgzf,fasta.gz,faa,faa.bgzf,faa.gz,ffn,ffn.bgzf,ffn.gz,fna,fna.bgzf,fna.gz,frn,frn.bgzf,frn.gz,raw,raw.bgzf,raw.gz,sam,sam.bgzf,sam.gz,bam]
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Output of right reads. Giving this options enables paired-end simulation. [fq,fq.bgzf,fq.gz,fastq,fastq.bgzf,fastq.gz,fa,fa.bgzf,fa.gz,fasta,fasta.bgzf,fasta.gz,faa,faa.bgzf,faa.gz,ffn,ffn.bgzf,ffn.gz,fna,fna.bgzf,fna.gz,frn,frn.bgzf,frn.gz,raw,raw.bgzf,raw.gz,sam,sam.bgzf,sam.gz,bam]
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SAM/BAM file with alignments. [bam,sam,sam.bgzf,sam.gz]

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MasonSimulator Std Output
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Plugin version: 2.4.1.202004061533
On NodePit since: 2022-12-06
Last update: 2026-01-29
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