dbSNP

Data Source

ID: dbsnp

URL: https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/snp/latest_release/

License: Public domain (NCBI)

Citation:

Sherry ST, Ward MH, Kholodov M, et al. dbSNP: the NCBI database of genetic variation. Nucleic Acids Research. (2001).

Datasets

• dbsnp.vcf — dbSNP variant catalog. Partitioned by build, assembly, chromosome.

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vcf

Note

All load_dataset() queries must filter on partition columns: build, assembly, chromosome.

Column	Type	Description
build	TEXT	dbSNP build version (e.g. b157). Partition column.
assembly	TEXT	Genome assembly. Partition column.
chromosome	TEXT	Chromosome on which the variant is located. Partition column.
position	INT	Variant position within the chromosome.
rsid	TEXT	Unique NCBI variant identifier (e.g. rs123456, rs7412).
ref_allele	TEXT	Reference allele.
alt_allele	TEXT	Alternate allele.