Hello, Khadija.
Thank you for your interest in the Genome Browser.
By default, the liftOver utility requires the files to be in BED format (http://www.genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat.html#format1). It also supports GFF, but not VCF.
Additionally, the chromosome names are expected to be in 'UCSC standard', meaning 'chr1' instead of '1'.
We do offer some command line utilities to facilitate these conversions, e.g. for linux:
vcfToBed: https://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/admin/exe/linux.x86_64/vcfToBed
chromToUcsc (converts the 1 to chr1s): https://hgdownload.soe.ucsc.edu/admin/exe/linux.x86_64/chromToUcsc
However, another option would be crossmap which can perform better
for SNPs and supports VCF format. You can learn more about the program
from
their website, http://crossmap.sourceforge.net/. Unfortunately, we do
not maintain crossmap so I cannot provide guidance on how to use the
tool if you have any questions. They do have an active community in
BioStars, though (https://www.biostars.org/).
Also, it appears your vcf may have been created from a plink file. You may also find the following biostars question helpful: https://www.biostars.org/p/252938/
I hope this is helpful. Please include gen...@soe.ucsc.edu in any replies to ensure visibility by the team. All messages sent to that address are archived on our public forum. If your question includes sensitive information, you may send it instead to genom...@soe.ucsc.edu.
Lou Nassar
UCSC Genomics Institute
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