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Comparing vcf with dbSNP

I've generated vcf file using samtools. now how do i compare my SNPs with dbSNP ?

snp alignment assembly next-gen

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Assuming you have dbSNP in VCF format you can use vcf-compare

can we use samtools or GATK for this?

You can annotate with dbSNP ids using SnpSift, and then with the effects of the variants using SnpEff.

If your goal is to find out whether your SNPs are known or novel, you can also think of using the Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor (VEP).

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