| 43 |   | # Get the appropriate chain files | 
                  
                          | 44 |   | #* From the [ftp://gsapubftp-anonymous@ftp.broadinstitute.org Broad GSA ftp] (password is blank) | 
                  
                          | 45 |   | #* From the [http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/downloads.html#human USCS Genome Browser] | 
                  
                          | 46 |   | # Get the appropriate fasta files (you'll need both from-and-to builds fasta files) | 
                  
                          | 47 |   | #* From [ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/H_sapiens/ NCBI] | 
                  
                          | 48 |   | #* From [http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/downloads.html#human USCS Genome Browser] | 
                  
                          | 49 |   | # Index the fasta files appropriately to get .fai (samtools) and .dict files (Picard) as described on the [http://www.broadinstitute.org/gsa/wiki/index.php/Preparing_the_essential_GATK_input_files:_the_reference_genome GATK wiki] | 
                  
                          | 50 |   | # Get and run the [http://www.broadinstitute.org/gsa/wiki/index.php/LiftOverVCF.pl GATK LiftOver tool] | 
                  
            
                      
                        | 52 |   | Note that once the liftover VCF has successfully been created, it can be used to liftover the PLINK files. To do so: | 
                      
                        | 53 |   | # Remove all SNPs that are not present in the new reference VCF file (using plink --extract) | 
                      
                        | 54 |   | # Use the liftover VCF as an input to the ''liftover-bim.pl'' tool . | 
                      
                      
                        |   | 45 |  1. # Get the appropriate chain files  | 
                      
                        |   | 46 |    * From the [ftp://gsapubftp-anonymous@ftp.broadinstitute.org Broad GSA ftp] (password is blank) | 
                      
                        |   | 47 |    * From the [http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/downloads.html#human USCS Genome Browser] #  | 
                      
                        |   | 48 |  1. Get the appropriate fasta files (you'll need both from-and-to builds fasta files)  | 
                      
                        |   | 49 |    * From [ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomes/H_sapiens/ NCBI]  | 
                      
                        |   | 50 |    * From [http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/downloads.html#human USCS Genome Browser]  | 
                      
                        |   | 51 |  1. Index the fasta files appropriately to get .fai (samtools) and .dict files (Picard) as described on the [http://www.broadinstitute.org/gsa/wiki/index.php/Preparing_the_essential_GATK_input_files:_the_reference_genome GATK wiki]  | 
                      
                        |   | 52 |  1. Get and run the [http://www.broadinstitute.org/gsa/wiki/index.php/LiftOverVCF.pl GATK LiftOver tool] | 
                      
                        |   | 53 |  | 
                      
                        |   | 54 | Note that once the liftover VCF has successfully been created, it can be used to liftover the PLINK files. To do so:  | 
                      
                        |   | 55 |  | 
                      
                        |   | 56 |  1. Remove all SNPs that are not present in the new reference VCF file (using plink --extract)  | 
                      
                        |   | 57 |  1. Use the liftover VCF as an input to the ''liftover-bim.pl'' tool . |