GEMINI (GEnome MINIng) is designed to be a flexible framework for exploring genetic variation in the context of the wealth of genome annotations available for the human genome. By placing genetic variants, sample genotypes, and useful genome annotations into an integrated database framework, GEMINI provides a simple, flexible, yet very powerful system for exploring genetic variation for disease and population genetics.
Using the GEMINI framework begins by loading a VCF file (and an optional PED file) into a database. Each variant is automatically annotated by comparing it to several genome annotations from source such as ENCODE tracks, UCSC tracks, OMIM, dbSNP, KEGG, and HPRD. All of this information is stored in portable SQLite database that allows one to explore and interpret both coding and non-coding variation using “off-the-shelf” tools or an enhanced SQL engine.
Please also see the original manuscript.
This video provides more details about GEMINI’s aims and utility.
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If you use GEMINI in your research, please cite the following manuscript:
Paila U, Chapman BA, Kirchner R, Quinlan AR (2013)
GEMINI: Integrative Exploration of Genetic Variation and Genome Annotations.
PLoS Comput Biol 9(7): e1003153. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003153