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# anvi-get-pn-ps-ratio [program]

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Evan Kiefl

## Usage

This program calculates the pN/pS ratio for each gene in a contigs-db and outputs it as a pn-ps-data artifact.

### What is the pN/pS ratio?

The pN/pS ratio (first described in Schloissnig et al. 2012) is the ratio of 2 rates: the rates of non-synonymous (pN) and synonymous (pS) polymorphism. It is analogous to dN/dS, which is the ratio of rates between non-synonymous (dN) and synonymous substitutions between 2 strains/species. We calculate pN/pS from allele frequency obtained through SCVs and SAAVs (see publication in preparation) for exact implementation details.

### Neat. How do I use this program?

Firstly, you’ll need to run anvi-gen-variability-profile using the flag --engine CDN to get a variability-profile-txt for SCVs (single codon variants), which we’ll name SCVs.txt in this example.

Then you can run this program like so:

anvi-get-pn-ps-ratio -V SCVs.txt \ -c contigs-db \ -o output_dir

A pN/pS value is calculated for each (gene, sample) combo. This will result in a directory called output_dir that contains several tables that describe each of your genes. See pn-ps-data for more information.

### Other parameters

This program has some default filtering choices that you should pay mind to. You can tune these filter options with the following variables:

• The minimum departure from consensus for a variable position (--min-departure-from-consensus).
• The minimum departure from reference for a variable position (--min-departure-from-reference).
• The minimum number of SCVs in a grouping (--minimum-num-variants).
• The minimum coverage at a variable position (--min-coverage).

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