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Ascorbate Deficiency Long-Read Analyzer

Anthropological long-read analysis for ascorbate-pathway signals, nutritional stress, older remains, historical samples, and intergenerational research contexts.

v0.1.7-hardening Anthropological research

New analysis

Upload FASTQ/FASTQ.GZ for base QC, VCF for ascorbate-panel variant screening, bedMethyl/TSV for modified-base summaries, mosdepth coverage outputs, and mapDamage/schmutzi/PMDtools-style authentication reports, and external workflow summaries from fastVEP, LongHap/LongPhase, wf-human-variation, PastForward, Mapache, aMeta, Sniffles2, cuteSV, or MultiQC. BAM/SAM are registered for CLI pipeline processing.

Anthropological context

Panel boundary

ADLA evaluates genomic, modified-base, preservation, and contextual evidence relevant to ascorbate stress and scurvy-like vulnerability in anthropological, historical, ancient-remains, and intergenerational research. It does not diagnose vitamin C deficiency or scurvy.

ascorbate transport and homeostasis TET-dependent DNA demethylation and 5hmC biology collagen maturation and connective tissue integrity oxidative stress and iron handling immune and wound-healing context paleopathological and osteological corroboration ancient/historical sample preservation and authenticity differential diagnosis for scurvy-like presentations
Target BED panel generation

Bundled seed windows are active immediately. For full coverage/callability, generate data/target_panels/adla_full_gene_targets.GRCh38.generated.bed from GENCODE/RefSeq using scripts/generate_target_bed.php.

Manual anthropological fields this tool expects outside the sequence file
  • archaeological or historical context
  • sample age class
  • sample material
  • preservation context
  • osteological evidence
  • isotopic or dietary evidence
  • historical or ethnographic dietary context
  • environmental ecological context
  • contamination controls
  • biochemical ascorbate data if modern or available
Selected run

Untitled ADLA run

Job: adla_20260707_070526_d0551175 · 2026-07-07T07:05:26+00:00

Anthropological and educational research use only. ADLA does not diagnose scurvy or vitamin C deficiency; interpret genomic, epigenomic, structural-variant, phasing, workflow-import, microbial/context, and ancient-DNA authentication signals alongside archaeological context, preservation quality, osteological/isotopic evidence, historical diet, contamination controls, damage/authenticity metrics, and biochemical data where available.

Interpretation summary

Overall: insufficient for deficiency call
anthropological_boundary

Sequencing cannot directly measure vitamin C status. In ADLA, genomic and epigenomic findings are anthropological research signals that require archaeological, osteological, isotopic, ecological, historical, and preservation context before interpretation.

anthropological_context

Anthropological context mode: modern or unknown research context; corroboration score 20/100.

ancient_dna_authentication

ADLA imported 1 ancient-DNA authentication/QC report(s). Status: structured authentication evidence imported. These metrics support sample-readiness review, not deficiency diagnosis.

genetic_transport

No curated ascorbate-transporter rsID hits were detected in parsed VCF inputs. This is not proof of absence unless target regions were callable.

target_callability

No mosdepth/coverage target report was parsed. Variant absence and methylation absence should be treated as unknown until target callability is measured.

modified_base

No target-region modified-base summaries were available. Upload Modkit bedMethyl or run modkit from modBAM through the CLI pipeline.

Recommended next steps

  1. Confirm sample type, reference build, and target-region coverage/callability using the generated BED panel.
  2. Pair sequencing output with osteological/paleopathological, isotopic, ecological, and historical dietary evidence; use biochemical ascorbate only when modern/historical sample context makes it available.
  3. Run the offline annotation stage with VEP cache, ClinVar VCF, dbSNP VCF, and/or SnpSift/bcftools before interpreting unclassified target-region variants.
  4. Review the ADLA priority score only as a triage/ranking aid; inspect the evidence components and source dates for every high-scoring hit.
  5. Use matched controls and method-specific ancient/modern methylation workflows before interpreting methylation directionality.
  6. When available, import fastVEP/VEP, LongHap/LongPhase, Sniffles2/cuteSV, wf-human-variation, PastForward/Mapache, and aMeta outputs so ADLA can connect annotation, phasing, SVs, authentication, and microbial context.

Anthropological context

Context mode

Sample age
unknown
Material
unknown
Mode
modern or unknown research context

Corroboration

Score
20/100
Methylation mode
direct modbase exploratory when metadata complete
scope

ADLA is currently framed for anthropological nutritional-stress research, not medical diagnosis. Interpret sequence-derived findings alongside archaeological, osteological, isotopic, ecological, and historical evidence.

gap

No target callability data were provided. Anthropological interpretation should avoid absence claims until coverage/callability is measured across the panel.

Evidence domains

DomainStatusSummary
genomic susceptibility not observed in uploaded inputs 0 curated ascorbate-transporter hit(s); 0 target-window variant(s).
modified base or methylation signal not available 0 target methylation/modified-base summary row(s).
ancient dna authenticity not required for modern context Age class: unknown; material: unknown; imported authentication reports: 1.
authentication imports structured authentication evidence imported Tools: schmutzi; flags: low_contamination_estimate, damage_metric_present, pmd_metric_present, endogenous_fraction_present
osteological paleopathology not provided
isotopic dietary context not provided
historical ethnographic context not provided
ecological or provisioning constraint not provided
intergenerational context not specified

Ancient / historical sample readiness

Readiness status

Status
not an ancient sample mode
Damage profile required
no
Contamination estimate required
no
Controls noted
yes

Fragment profile

No FASTQ fragment profile available. Upload FASTQ or attach an external damage/fragment report in notes.

Ancient-DNA authentication imports

Imported ancient-DNA authentication reports support anthropological interpretation only; they do not prove biological deficiency or diagnose disease.

Import status

Reports
1
Status
structured authentication evidence imported
Tools
schmutzi

Readiness flags

Damage / PMD metric
yes
Contamination metric
yes
Endogenous fraction
yes
Max contamination
2.80%

Aggregated metrics

MetricCountMinMeanMaxUnit
contamination percent 1 2.4000 2.4000 2.4000 percent
mitochondrial contamination percent 1 2.8000 2.8000 2.8000 percent
nuclear contamination percent 1 1.9000 1.9000 1.9000 percent
endogenous fraction percent 1 47.3000 47.3000 47.3000 percent
c to t 5prime percent 1 14.2000 14.2000 14.2000 percent
g to a 3prime percent 1 11.7000 11.7000 11.7000 percent
damage percent 1 12.9000 12.9000 12.9000 percent
mean pmd score 1 0.8700 0.8700 0.8700 score
pmd positive percent 1 68.4000 68.4000 68.4000 percent
median fragment length bp 1 68.0000 68.0000 68.0000 bp
mean fragment length bp 1 79.5000 79.5000 79.5000 bp
short fragment percent le100 1 72.1000 72.1000 72.1000 percent

Imported reports

FileTool guessStatusFlagsMetricsMessages
reich_lab_style_demo.auth.json schmutzi parsed structured metrics low_contamination_estimate, damage_metric_present, pmd_metric_present, endogenous_fraction_present contamination percent: 2.4000 percent
mitochondrial contamination percent: 2.8000 percent
nuclear contamination percent: 1.9000 percent
endogenous fraction percent: 47.3000 percent
c to t 5prime percent: 14.2000 percent
g to a 3prime percent: 11.7000 percent
damage percent: 12.9000 percent
mean pmd score: 0.8700 score
pmd positive percent: 68.4000 percent
median fragment length bp: 68.0000 bp
mean fragment length bp: 79.5000 bp
short fragment percent le100: 72.1000 percent
parsed Structured JSON authentication/QC report was parsed.
supporting Imported contamination estimate is low (2.8%), subject to tool assumptions and sample context.
supporting Damage/deamination-style metric imported from schmutzi.
supporting PMD-style authenticity metric imported from schmutzi.
context Endogenous DNA fraction metric imported.
review Parse assumptions were recorded. Verify extracted metrics against the original authentication report before publication-quality interpretation.
Parse assumptions
  • File was routed by filename/content heuristic rather than a formal tool schema.
  • ADLA extracted JSON leaves, key:value lines, free text, and PMDtools-like tables; original report remains the audit source.
  • Fractions from keys containing percent/rate/fraction are normalized to percent when values are between 0 and 1.

Variant review priority score

No target-region variants were available for scoring. Upload a VCF with target-window hits or run the annotation pipeline first.

FASTQ/base QC

No direct FASTQ input was parsed. Use FASTQ/FASTQ.GZ for web-mode QC or NanoPlot from the CLI pipeline.

Ascorbate-panel variants

No curated rsID hits detected in parsed VCF files.

Unclassified target-window hits

No unclassified target-window VCF hits were detected.

Offline annotation summary

No VCF annotation fields were parsed yet. Upload a VEP/ClinVar/dbSNP-annotated VCF or run php scripts/run_pipeline.php --job=<job_id> --stage=annotation --execute.

ClinVar target hits

No target-region ClinVar annotations were detected.

VEP HIGH / MODERATE target hits

No target-region VEP HIGH/MODERATE annotations were detected.

Annotation counts

VEP consequences

No VEP consequence counts.

ClinVar significance

No ClinVar significance counts.

Modified-base / methylation summaries

No target-region bedMethyl rows were parsed. Upload Modkit bedMethyl or run the CLI pipeline against modBAM.

Target coverage / callability

No mosdepth/target coverage file was parsed. Run CLI coverage with the generated BED panel or upload a mosdepth regions BED/TSV.

External workflow imports

Import summary

Imports
0
Registry
0.1.6

No external workflow outputs were imported.

Observed profiles

No external profile imports detected.

No fastVEP, LongHap/LongPhase, wf-human-variation, PastForward, Mapache, aMeta, MultiQC, Sniffles2, or cuteSV summary imports were parsed.

Phasing / haplotype context

Phasing/haplotype evidence supports lineage and allele-context interpretation; it does not make a deficiency call.

Summary

Summary files
0
Phased variants
0
Phase sets / blocks
0
Target phased variants
0

No target-region phased variants were detected. Upload phased VCFs or LongHap/LongPhase summaries.

Structural variants

SV overlaps are candidate contextual findings. Confirm with read-level inspection and caller concordance.

SV summary

Reported SVs
0
Target overlaps
0

SV types

No SV type counts.

No structural variants overlapped ADLA target windows. Upload Sniffles2/cuteSV VCFs for target overlap review.

Microbial / burial context

Microbial and burial-context imports are contextual evidence; they do not establish nutritional deficiency by themselves.

Context summary

Summary imports
0
Flagged terms
0

No aMeta/KrakenUniq/MALT/MaltExtract microbial context imports were parsed.

Vendored tool status

Tool profiles

fastVEP annotation profile

Fast local VEP-compatible consequence and supplementary annotation import.

Mode: worker_or_import · Category: annotation

import ready

Use as a fast local annotation path; VEP remains a conservative reference path.

LongHap methylation-aware phasing profile

Import or execute haplotype phasing that integrates long-read methylation evidence.

Mode: worker_or_import · Category: phasing

import ready

High value for intergenerational and haplotype-context interpretation.

LongPhase co-phasing profile

Co-phase SNPs, indels, SVs, and 5mC modifications from long reads.

Mode: worker_or_import · Category: phasing

import ready

Useful for broad long-read haplotype context.

EPI2ME wf-human-variation import profile

Import ONT workflow outputs for small variants, SVs, CNVs, STRs, modified bases, and phasing.

Mode: external_worker_import · Category: ont_reference_workflow

import ready

Too heavy for shared hosting; import reports and derived VCF/bedMethyl outputs.

PastForward historical/aDNA profile

Import historical/ancient-DNA mapping, contamination, coverage, and damage-rescaling summaries.

Mode: external_worker_import · Category: ancient_dna_workflow

import ready

Strengthens anthropological readiness and authenticity review.

Mapache aDNA mapping profile

Import ancient-DNA mapping/QC/imputation workflow summaries.

Mode: external_worker_import · Category: ancient_dna_workflow

import ready

Supports reproducible mapping context for older remains.

aMeta ancient metagenomics profile

Import ancient microbiome/pathogen/burial-context summaries from aMeta/MALT/KrakenUniq/MaltExtract.

Mode: external_worker_import · Category: microbial_context

import ready

Contextual evidence only; useful for preservation, oral/gut/pathogen/burial signals.

Sniffles2/cuteSV structural variant profile

Import long-read SV calls and compare target-window overlaps.

Mode: worker_or_import · Category: structural_variants

import ready

Caller concordance is preferred before strong SV interpretation.

Binary / workflow status

Dorado

ONT basecalling, demultiplexing, alignment support, and modified-base calling from POD5/FAST5 inputs.

Path: tools/bin/dorado

License: Oxford Nanopore Technologies license; verify redistribution terms before bundling.

not installed

Modkit

Summarize modified-base BAM/modBAM into bedMethyl and per-region modification reports.

Path: tools/bin/modkit

License: Check upstream nanoporetech/modkit license before redistribution.

not installed

NanoPlot

Long-read QC plots and HTML summaries for FASTQ/BAM/sequencing_summary inputs.

Path: tools/bin/NanoPlot

License: MIT

not installed

chopper

Fast ONT read filtering by length, quality, and GC thresholds.

Path: tools/bin/chopper

License: MIT/Apache-style Rust ecosystem dependencies; verify upstream repository.

not installed

minimap2

Long-read alignment to reference genomes.

Path: tools/bin/minimap2

License: MIT-like; verify upstream LICENSE.txt.

not installed

samtools

BAM/SAM sorting, indexing, and summary statistics.

Path: tools/bin/samtools

License: MIT/BSD-style; verify htslib/samtools license.

not installed

mosdepth

Fast BAM/CRAM depth summaries and target coverage/callability checks.

Path: tools/bin/mosdepth

License: MIT; verify upstream repository.

not installed

Clair3

Long-read germline small variant calling, including ONT models.

Path: tools/bin/run_clair3.sh

License: Check upstream HKU-BAL/Clair3 license and model terms.

not installed

Sniffles2

Long-read structural variant calling from ONT/PacBio alignments.

Path: tools/bin/sniffles

License: MIT; verify upstream repository.

not installed

Ensembl VEP

Offline/cache-based variant consequence annotation with transcript/protein effects, consequence terms, frequencies, and plugin support.

Path: tools/bin/vep

License: Apache 2.0 for Ensembl API code; data cache terms vary. Verify before redistribution.

not installed

bcftools

Local VCF normalization, target slicing, indexing-aware filtering, and annotation transfer from ClinVar/dbSNP VCFs.

Path: tools/bin/bcftools

License: MIT/BSD-style htslib/samtools family; verify upstream version.

not installed

tabix

Index bgzip-compressed VCF/BED annotation files for local random access.

Path: tools/bin/tabix

License: MIT/BSD-style htslib/samtools family; verify upstream version.

not installed

bgzip

Block gzip compression for VCF/BED files that need tabix indexing.

Path: tools/bin/bgzip

License: MIT/BSD-style htslib/samtools family; verify upstream version.

not installed

SnpEff

Alternative local variant effect annotation when VEP cache is not installed.

Path: tools/bin/snpEff.jar

License: Verify current SnpEff license before redistributing jar files.

not installed

SnpSift

Annotate/filter VCFs using local ClinVar, dbSNP, dbNSFP, and other indexed files.

Path: tools/bin/SnpSift.jar

License: Verify current SnpSift/SnpEff license before redistributing jar files.

not installed

clinvcf

Optional ClinVar XML-to-enhanced-VCF builder supporting GRCh37/GRCh38; useful if raw ClinVar VCF is insufficient for local interpretation workflows.

Path: tools/bin/clinvcf

License: Check upstream SeqOne/clinvcf license before redistribution.

not installed

mapDamage2

Ancient DNA nucleotide misincorporation and fragmentation pattern assessment for authenticity/damage review.

Path: tools/bin/mapDamage

License: Check upstream license and dependencies before redistribution.

not installed

PMDtools

Post-mortem damage score support for ancient DNA read filtering/authenticity workflows.

Path: tools/bin/pmdtools

License: Check upstream license before redistribution.

not installed

schmutzi

Mitochondrial contamination estimation and endogenous consensus support for ancient human DNA.

Path: tools/bin/schmutzi

License: Check upstream license and database terms before redistribution.

not installed

ContamLD

Autosomal ancient-DNA contamination estimation using linkage disequilibrium breakdown; useful as an advanced nuclear-contamination context layer.

Path: tools/bin/contamLD

License: Check upstream Reich Lab/ContamLD terms before redistribution.

not installed

ANGSD

Genotype-likelihood framework used in low-coverage and ancient DNA contexts, including chromosome-X contamination estimation workflows for applicable samples.

Path: tools/bin/angsd

License: Check upstream ANGSD license before redistribution.

not installed

hapCon

Ancient DNA contamination estimation for male X-chromosome workflows; useful where applicable and when reference panels/metadata are appropriate.

Path: tools/bin/hapCon

License: Check upstream terms and reference-data requirements before redistribution.

not installed

fastVEP

High-performance Rust variant consequence annotation with VEP-compatible outputs and supplementary database integration.

Path: tools/bin/fastvep

License: Check upstream fastVEP license and bundled database terms before redistribution.

not installed

LongHap

Read-based phasing that integrates native long-read methylation signals with variant calls.

Path: tools/bin/longhap

License: MIT per upstream repository at time of review; verify before redistribution.

not installed

LongPhase

Co-phase SNPs, small indels, SVs, and 5mC modifications from Nanopore/PacBio long reads.

Path: tools/bin/longphase

License: GPL-3.0; verify upstream and redistribution requirements.

not installed

wf-human-variation

EPI2ME Nextflow workflow for ONT human small variants, SVs, CNVs, STRs, modified bases, and phasing.

Path: tools/workflows/wf-human-variation

License: Check Oxford Nanopore/EPI2ME workflow terms and dependencies before redistribution.

not installed

PastForward

Snakemake pipeline for historical/ancient DNA processing, QC, contamination, coverage, and damage rescaling.

Path: tools/workflows/PastForward

License: MIT in current upstream repository; verify before redistribution.

not installed

Mapache

Snakemake ancient-DNA mapping workflow supporting reproducible mapping/QC/imputation context.

Path: tools/workflows/mapache

License: GPL-3.0; verify redistribution requirements.

not installed

aMeta

Ancient metagenomic profiling workflow using trimming/QC, KrakenUniq, Bowtie2 pathogen screening, MapDamage2, MALT, and MaltExtract.

Path: tools/workflows/aMeta

License: Check upstream workflow and database terms before redistribution.

not installed

cuteSV

Long-read structural variant caller for ONT/PacBio datasets; useful as an alternate/concordance SV caller with Sniffles2.

Path: tools/bin/cuteSV

License: Check upstream license before redistribution.

not installed

KrakenUniq

K-mer-based taxonomic classification used in ancient metagenomic workflows such as aMeta.

Path: tools/bin/krakenuniq

License: Check upstream license and database terms.

not installed

MALT

MEGAN Alignment Tool for metagenomic alignment/LCA workflows used in ancient microbial authentication.

Path: tools/bin/malt-run

License: Check upstream MEGAN/MALT terms.

not installed

MaltExtract

Authentication and validation of microbial species detected in ancient metagenomic workflows.

Path: tools/bin/MaltExtract

License: Check upstream license and database terms.

not installed

Research notes

No notes yet.

Methodological Note

ADLA separates sequence-derived signals from anthropological interpretation. Variant, methylation, and coverage results are treated as research evidence only when preservation, sample material, contamination, osteological, isotopic, ecological, and historical context are documented.

Ancient / historical boundary

Older remains require authentication review. Fragment length alone is descriptive; deamination/damage, contamination controls, provenance, extraction/library records, and target callability must be assessed before pathway inference.

Methylation boundary

Direct ONT modified-base calls from native DNA are not equivalent to ancient DNA methylation reconstruction from damage/deamination. The report gates methylation language by sample age and metadata completeness.

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