Genomic Variant Call Format

**Semantic type:** Qualitative Concept

**Definition:** A text file format used for storing gene sequence variations. It is a type of variant call format that has a record for all sites, whether there is a variant call there or not. The format includes metrics of the confidence that positions are actually non-variant vs. a factor of minimum read-depth and genotype quality.

**Synonyms:** - GVCF - Genomic VCF - Genomic VCF - g.vcf - g.vcf.gz - gVCF - gVCF