I have received my VCF SNP file from Dante Labs DanteLabs.com) based on whole genome sequencing. The reference is hg19 When trying to load the VCF file in IGV I receive the following error: Could not create index file: myvcffile.fai
A new file is created with the same name as my VCF file but with extension FAI and with length 0
After that when trying to load the genome again there is no response and nothing is shown.
I have already indexed the VCF file using IGVTools and got the resulting .idx file but this didn't change anything.
Any help?
I should have selected "Load File" and instead selected "Load Genome"