4.5.1-1 Release Notes
Highlights:
- New features added in rna_fq2bam: single-cell mode, quant mode and batch mode. 
- --mutect-f1r2-tar-gzsupport for mutectcaller.
- Added support for haplotype sampling in giraffe, enabling personalized reference pangenome creation per sample. 
- vcf.gzoutput support for all Parabricks variant callers.
- New options for RNA-seq data in minimap2. 
- Updated base container to CUDA 12.9. 
Tool Updates
fq2bam and fq2bam_meth:
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   Optimized the performance of individual threads in the CPU thread pool during alignment. 
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   Additional optimizations for GPU performance. 
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   Improved error handling when using --gpuwriteoption.
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   Added support for batch processing multiple input FASTQ files by repeatedly applying the --in-fqor--in-se-fqoption.
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   Added support for batch processing multiple input FASTQ files by passing in the --in-fq-listor--in-se-fq-listoption, where the input is a text file containing a list of paired-end or single-end FASTQ files.
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   Added support for single-cell sequencing mode, which can be enabled using the --soloType Dropletoption along with additional necessary options including--soloCBwhitelist,--soloFeatures,--soloStrand, and--soloBarcodeReadLength.
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   Added support for quantification mode using the --quantModeoption.
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   Added support for RNA options --minimizer-kmer-lenand--forward-transcript-strand, which are recommended for use in mapping long RNA-seq data in splice modes.
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   Added argument --mutect-f1r2-tar-gzin mutectcaller to collect F1R2 counts for FFPE samples.
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   Added support for producing gzipped VCF files by specifying output file name with .vcf.gzextension.
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   Added support for producing gzipped VCF files by specifying output file name with .vcf.gzextension.
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   Added support for producing gzipped VCF files by specifying output file name with .vcf.gzextension.
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   Added support for producing gzipped VCF files by specifying output file name with .vcf.gzextension.
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   Added support for haplotype sampling, enabling personalized reference pangenome creation per sample. 
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   Added real-time CPU and host memory usage monitoring via ‑‑monitor‑usageflag.
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   The flag --no-markdupis correctly processed.
fq2bam, fq2bam_meth, rna_fq2bam, and minimap2:
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   Fixed a bug where the --gpuwriteoption crashed with "invalid device ordinal" or "invalid configuration argument" errors in rare cases.
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   Fixed a crash that occurred when the BAM file contained long reads. 
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   Fixed a crash that occurred when the BAM header was not compatible with the reference. 
For further information see the Parabricks datasheet.