Truncate genotype calls that exceed max alt alleles

sgkit/io/vcf/vcf_reader.py

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def for_field(
     ) -> "VcfFieldHandler":
         if field == "FORMAT/GT":
             return GenotypeFieldHandler(
-                vcf, chunk_length, ploidy, mixed_ploidy, truncate_calls
+                vcf, chunk_length, ploidy, mixed_ploidy, truncate_calls, max_alt_alleles
             )
         category = field.split("/")[0]
         vcf_field_defs = _get_vcf_field_defs(vcf, category)
@@ -286,13 +286,15 @@ def __init__(
         ploidy: int,
         mixed_ploidy: bool,
         truncate_calls: bool,
+        max_alt_alleles: int,
     ) -> None:
         n_sample = len(vcf.samples)
         self.call_genotype = np.empty((chunk_length, n_sample, ploidy), dtype="i1")
         self.call_genotype_phased = np.empty((chunk_length, n_sample), dtype=bool)
         self.ploidy = ploidy
         self.mixed_ploidy = mixed_ploidy
         self.truncate_calls = truncate_calls
+        self.max_alt_alleles = max_alt_alleles
 
     def add_variant(self, i: int, variant: Any) -> None:
         fill = -2 if self.mixed_ploidy else -1
@@ -305,6 +307,10 @@ def add_variant(self, i: int, variant: Any) -> None:
             self.call_genotype[i, ..., 0:n] = gt[..., 0:n]
             self.call_genotype[i, ..., n:] = fill
             self.call_genotype_phased[i] = gt[..., -1]
+
+            # set any calls that exceed maximum number of alt alleles as missing
+            self.call_genotype[i][self.call_genotype[i] > self.max_alt_alleles] = -1
+
         else:
             self.call_genotype[i] = fill
             self.call_genotype_phased[i] = 0
@@ -616,7 +622,8 @@ def vcf_to_zarrs(
     max_alt_alleles
         The (maximum) number of alternate alleles in the VCF file. Any records with more than
         this number of alternate alleles will have the extra alleles dropped (the `variant_allele`
-        variable will be truncated). Call genotype fields will however be unaffected.
+        variable will be truncated). Any call genotype fields with the extra alleles will
+        be changed to the missing-allele sentinel value of -1.
     fields
         Extra fields to extract data for. A list of strings, with ``INFO`` or ``FORMAT`` prefixes.
         Wildcards are permitted too, for example: ``["INFO/*", "FORMAT/DP"]``.
@@ -784,7 +791,8 @@ def vcf_to_zarr(
     max_alt_alleles
         The (maximum) number of alternate alleles in the VCF file. Any records with more than
         this number of alternate alleles will have the extra alleles dropped (the `variant_allele`
-        variable will be truncated). Call genotype fields will however be unaffected.
+        variable will be truncated). Any call genotype fields with the extra alleles will
+        be changed to the missing-allele sentinel value of -1.
     fields
         Extra fields to extract data for. A list of strings, with ``INFO`` or ``FORMAT`` prefixes.
         Wildcards are permitted too, for example: ``["INFO/*", "FORMAT/DP"]``.

sgkit/tests/io/vcf/test_vcf_reader.py

@@ -103,7 +103,10 @@ def test_vcf_to_zarr__max_alt_alleles(shared_datadir, is_path, tmp_path):
     output = tmp_path.joinpath("vcf.zarr").as_posix()
 
     with pytest.warns(MaxAltAllelesExceededWarning):
-        vcf_to_zarr(path, output, chunk_length=5, chunk_width=2, max_alt_alleles=1)
+        max_alt_alleles = 1
+        vcf_to_zarr(
+            path, output, chunk_length=5, chunk_width=2, max_alt_alleles=max_alt_alleles
+        )
         ds = xr.open_zarr(output)
 
         # extra alt alleles are dropped
@@ -122,6 +125,9 @@ def test_vcf_to_zarr__max_alt_alleles(shared_datadir, is_path, tmp_path):
             ],
         )
 
+        # genotype calls are truncated
+        assert np.all(ds["call_genotype"].values <= max_alt_alleles)
+
         # the maximum number of alt alleles actually seen is stored as an attribute
         assert ds.attrs["max_alt_alleles_seen"] == 3
 

sgkit/tests/io/vcf/test_vcf_roundtrip.py

@@ -114,17 +114,23 @@ def test_DP_field(shared_datadir, tmpdir):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "vcf_file,allel_exclude_fields,sgkit_exclude_fields",
+    "vcf_file,allel_exclude_fields,sgkit_exclude_fields,max_alt_alleles",
     [
-        ("sample.vcf.gz", None, None),
-        ("mixed.vcf.gz", None, None),
+        ("sample.vcf.gz", None, None, 3),
+        ("mixed.vcf.gz", None, None, 3),
         # exclude PL since it has Number=G, which is not yet supported
-        ("CEUTrio.20.21.gatk3.4.g.vcf.bgz", ["calldata/PL"], ["FORMAT/PL"]),
+        # increase max_alt_alleles since scikit-allel does not truncate genotype calls
+        ("CEUTrio.20.21.gatk3.4.g.vcf.bgz", ["calldata/PL"], ["FORMAT/PL"], 7),
     ],
 )
 @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore::sgkit.io.vcf.MaxAltAllelesExceededWarning")
 def test_all_fields(
-    shared_datadir, tmpdir, vcf_file, allel_exclude_fields, sgkit_exclude_fields
+    shared_datadir,
+    tmpdir,
+    vcf_file,
+    allel_exclude_fields,
+    sgkit_exclude_fields,
+    max_alt_alleles,
 ):
     # change scikit-allel type defaults back to the VCF default
     types = {
@@ -140,6 +146,7 @@ def test_all_fields(
         fields=["*"],
         exclude_fields=allel_exclude_fields,
         types=types,
+        alt_number=max_alt_alleles,
     )
 
     field_defs = {
@@ -159,6 +166,7 @@ def test_all_fields(
         exclude_fields=sgkit_exclude_fields,
         field_defs=field_defs,
         truncate_calls=True,
+        max_alt_alleles=max_alt_alleles,
     )
     sg_ds = sg.load_dataset(str(sg_vcfzarr_path))
     sg_ds = sg_ds.drop_vars("call_genotype_phased")  # not included in scikit-allel