#!/usr/bin/env python """Convert Plink ped/map files into VCF format using plink and Plink/SEQ. Requires: plink: http://pngu.mgh.harvard.edu/~purcell/plink/ PLINK/SEQ: http://atgu.mgh.harvard.edu/plinkseq/ bx-python: https://bitbucket.org/james_taylor/bx-python/wiki/Home You also need the genome reference file in 2bit format: http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat.html#format7 using faToTwoBit: http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/admin/exe/linux.x86_64/ Usage: plink_to_vcf.py