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+V 1.1.4.1: First entry in the Changelog. Added Haddock documentation to all modules and prepare for releasing on Hackage.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Sequence-Formats is a Haskell package to provide file parsers and writers for some commonly, and less commonly used file formats in Bioinformatics, speficially population genetics.
+
+The library makes heavy use of the [pipes library](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/pipes) to provide Producers and Consumers for reading and writing files.
diff --git a/sequence-formats.cabal b/sequence-formats.cabal
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+++ b/sequence-formats.cabal
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+cabal-version: >=1.10
+name: sequence-formats
+version: 1.1.4.1
+license: GPL-3
+license-file: LICENSE
+maintainer: stephan.schiffels@mac.com
+author: Stephan Schiffels
+synopsis: A package with basic parsing utilities for several Bioinformatic data formats.
+description:
+    Contains utilities to parse and write Eigenstrat, Fasta, FreqSum, VCF and other file formats used in population genetics analyses.
+category: Bioinformatics
+build-type: Simple
+extra-source-files:
+    README.md
+    Changelog.md
+
+library
+    exposed-modules:
+        SequenceFormats.RareAlleleHistogram
+        SequenceFormats.FreqSum
+        SequenceFormats.Fasta
+        SequenceFormats.VCF
+        SequenceFormats.Eigenstrat
+        SequenceFormats.Utils
+    hs-source-dirs: src
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    build-depends:
+        base >=4.7 && <5,
+        containers >=0.5.10.2 && <0.6,
+        errors >=2.2.2 && <2.3,
+        text >=1.2.2.2 && <1.3,
+        attoparsec >=0.13.2.2 && <0.14,
+        pipes >=4.3.7 && <4.4,
+        pipes-text >=0.0.2.5 && <0.1,
+        transformers >=0.5.2.0 && <0.6,
+        turtle >=1.4.5 && <1.5,
+        bytestring >=0.10.8.2 && <0.11,
+        lens-family >=1.2.2 && <1.3,
+        pipes-bytestring >=2.1.6 && <2.2,
+        foldl >=1.3.7 && <1.4,
+        exceptions >=0.8.3 && <0.9,
+        pipes-safe >=2.2.6 && <2.3,
+        pipes-attoparsec >=0.5.1.5 && <0.6,
+        vector >=0.12.0.1 && <0.13,
+        data-memocombinators >=0.5.1 && <0.6,
+        split >=0.2.3.3 && <0.3,
+        MissingH >=1.4.0.1 && <1.5,
+        hslogger >=1.2.10 && <1.3
diff --git a/src/SequenceFormats/Eigenstrat.hs b/src/SequenceFormats/Eigenstrat.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SequenceFormats/Eigenstrat.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+{-|Module to read and parse Eigenstrat-formatted genotype data. The Eigenstrat format is defined at <https://github.com/argriffing/eigensoft/blob/master/CONVERTF/README>.
+
+-}
+
+module SequenceFormats.Eigenstrat (EigenstratSnpEntry(..), EigenstratIndEntry(..), 
+    readEigenstratInd, GenoEntry(..), GenoLine, Sex(..), 
+    readEigenstratSnpStdIn, readEigenstratSnpFile, readEigenstrat, writeEigenstrat) where
+
+import SequenceFormats.Utils (consumeProducer, FormatException(..), Chrom(..))
+
+import Control.Applicative ((<|>))
+import Control.Monad (void, forM_)
+import Control.Monad.Catch (MonadThrow, throwM)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO, liftIO)
+import qualified Data.Attoparsec.Text as A
+import Data.Char (isSpace)
+import Data.Vector (Vector, fromList, toList)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
+import Pipes (Producer, Pipe, (>->), for, cat, yield, Consumer)
+import Pipes.Safe (MonadSafe)
+import qualified Pipes.Prelude as P
+import qualified Pipes.Text.IO as PT
+import System.IO (withFile, IOMode(..))
+import Turtle (format, w, d, (%), s)
+
+-- |A datatype to represent a single genomic SNP. The constructor arguments are:
+-- Chromosome, Position, Reference Allele, Alternative Allele.
+data EigenstratSnpEntry = EigenstratSnpEntry Chrom Int Char Char deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+-- |A datatype to represent a single individual. The constructor arguments are:
+-- Name, Sex and Population Name
+data EigenstratIndEntry = EigenstratIndEntry T.Text Sex T.Text deriving (Show)
+
+-- |A datatype to represent Sex in an Eigenstrat Individual file
+data Sex = Male | Female | Unknown deriving (Show)
+
+-- |A datatype to represent the genotype of an individual at a SNP.
+data GenoEntry = HomRef | Het | HomAlt | Missing deriving (Eq, Show)
+
+-- |Vector of the genotypes of all individuals at a single SNP.
+type GenoLine = Vector GenoEntry
+
+eigenstratSnpParser :: A.Parser EigenstratSnpEntry
+eigenstratSnpParser = do
+    A.skipMany A.space
+    void word
+    A.skipMany1 A.space
+    chrom <- word
+    A.skipMany1 A.space
+    void word
+    A.skipMany1 A.space
+    pos <- A.decimal
+    A.skipMany1 A.space
+    ref <- A.satisfy (A.inClass "ACTGN")
+    A.skipMany1 A.space
+    alt <- A.satisfy (A.inClass "ACTGX")
+    void A.endOfLine
+    return $ EigenstratSnpEntry (Chrom chrom) pos ref alt
+
+word :: A.Parser T.Text
+word = A.takeTill isSpace
+
+eigenstratIndParser :: A.Parser EigenstratIndEntry
+eigenstratIndParser = do
+    A.skipMany A.space
+    name <- word
+    A.skipMany1 A.space
+    sex <- parseSex
+    A.skipMany1 A.space
+    popName <- word
+    void A.endOfLine
+    return $ EigenstratIndEntry name sex popName
+
+parseSex :: A.Parser Sex
+parseSex = parseMale <|> parseFemale <|> parseUnknown
+  where
+    parseMale = A.char 'M' >> return Male
+    parseFemale = A.char 'F' >> return Female
+    parseUnknown = A.char 'U' >> return Unknown
+
+-- |Function to read an Eigenstrat individual file. Returns the Eigenstrat Individual Entries as list.
+readEigenstratInd :: (MonadIO m) => FilePath -> m [EigenstratIndEntry]
+readEigenstratInd fn = do
+    liftIO . withFile fn ReadMode $ \handle -> do
+        P.toListM $ consumeProducer eigenstratIndParser (PT.fromHandle handle)
+
+eigenstratGenoParser :: A.Parser GenoLine
+eigenstratGenoParser = do
+    line <- A.takeWhile1 isValidNum
+    void A.endOfLine
+    return . fromList $ do
+        l <- T.unpack line
+        case l of
+            '0' -> return HomAlt
+            '1' -> return Het
+            '2' -> return HomRef
+            '9' -> return Missing
+            _ -> error "this should never happen"
+  where
+    isValidNum c = c == '0' || c == '1' || c == '2' || c == '9'
+
+-- |Function to read a Snp File from StdIn. Returns a Pipes-Producer over the EigenstratSnpEntries.
+readEigenstratSnpStdIn :: (MonadThrow m, MonadIO m) => Producer EigenstratSnpEntry m ()
+readEigenstratSnpStdIn = consumeProducer eigenstratSnpParser PT.stdin
+
+-- |Function to read a Snp File from a file. Returns a Pipes-Producer over the EigenstratSnpEntries.
+readEigenstratSnpFile :: (MonadSafe m) => FilePath -> Producer EigenstratSnpEntry m ()
+readEigenstratSnpFile = consumeProducer eigenstratSnpParser . PT.readFile
+
+-- |Function to read a full Eigenstrat database from files. Returns a pair of the Eigenstrat Individual Entries, and a joint Producer over the snp entries and the genotypes.
+readEigenstrat :: (MonadSafe m) => FilePath -- ^The Genotype file
+               -> FilePath -- ^The Snp File
+               -> FilePath -- ^The Ind file
+               -> m ([EigenstratIndEntry], Producer (EigenstratSnpEntry, GenoLine) m ()) -- The return pair of individual entries and a joint Snp/Geno Producer.
+readEigenstrat genoFile snpFile indFile = do
+    indEntries <- readEigenstratInd indFile
+    let snpProd = readEigenstratSnpFile snpFile
+        genoProd = consumeProducer eigenstratGenoParser (PT.readFile genoFile) >-> 
+            validateEigenstratEntries (length indEntries)
+    return (indEntries, P.zip snpProd genoProd)
+
+validateEigenstratEntries :: (MonadThrow m) => Int -> Pipe GenoLine GenoLine m ()
+validateEigenstratEntries nr = for cat $ \line -> do
+    if length line /= nr
+    then do
+        let msg = format ("inconsistent nr of genotypes ("%d%", but should be "%d%") in \
+                \genotype line "%w) (length line) nr line
+        throwM $ FormatException msg
+    else
+        yield line
+
+-- |Function to write an Eigenstrat Database. Returns a consumer expecting joint Snp- and Genotype lines.
+writeEigenstrat :: (MonadSafe m) => FilePath -- ^The Genotype file
+                -> FilePath -- ^The Snp File
+                -> FilePath -- ^The Ind file
+                -> [EigenstratIndEntry] -- ^The list of individual entries
+                -> Consumer (EigenstratSnpEntry, GenoLine) m () -- ^A consumer to read joint Snp/Genotype entries.
+writeEigenstrat genoFile snpFile indFile indEntries = do
+    liftIO $ writeEigenstratIndFile indFile indEntries
+    let snpOutTextConsumer = PT.writeFile snpFile
+        genoOutTextConsumer = PT.writeFile genoFile
+        toTextPipe = P.map (\(EigenstratSnpEntry chrom pos ref alt, genoLine) ->
+            let n = format (s%"_"%d) (unChrom chrom) pos
+                snpLine = format (s%"\t"%s%"\t0\t"%d%"\t"%s%"\t"%s%"\n") n (unChrom chrom) pos
+                    (T.singleton ref) (T.singleton alt)
+                genoLineStr = T.concat . map (format d . toEigenStratNum) . toList $ genoLine
+            in  (snpLine, format (s%"\n") genoLineStr))
+    toTextPipe >-> P.tee (P.map fst >-> snpOutTextConsumer) >-> P.map snd >-> genoOutTextConsumer
+  where
+    toEigenStratNum c = case c of
+        HomRef -> 2 :: Int
+        Het -> 1
+        HomAlt -> 0
+        Missing -> 9
+
+writeEigenstratIndFile :: (MonadIO m) => FilePath -> [EigenstratIndEntry] -> m ()
+writeEigenstratIndFile f indEntries = do
+    liftIO . withFile f WriteMode $ \h -> do
+        forM_ indEntries $ \(EigenstratIndEntry name sex popName) -> do
+            liftIO . T.hPutStrLn h $ format (s%"\t"%s%"\t"%s) name (sexToStr sex) popName
+  where
+    sexToStr sex = case sex of
+        Male -> "M"
+        Female -> "F"
+        Unknown -> "U"
diff --git a/src/SequenceFormats/Fasta.hs b/src/SequenceFormats/Fasta.hs
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SequenceFormats/Fasta.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+{-| Module to read and parse through a Fasta file. The Fasta format is defined here:
+<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASTA_format>
+-}
+module SequenceFormats.Fasta (readNextFastaEntry, loadFastaChrom) where
+
+import SequenceFormats.Utils (Chrom(..))
+
+import Control.Exception.Base (throwIO, AssertionFailed(..))
+import Control.Monad (void)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO, MonadIO)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.State.Strict (runStateT)
+import qualified Data.Attoparsec.ByteString.Char8 as A
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B
+import Data.Char (isAlphaNum)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Lens.Family2 (view)
+import Pipes (Producer, next, (>->), runEffect)
+import Pipes.Attoparsec (parse)
+import qualified Pipes.ByteString as P
+import Pipes.Prelude (drain)
+import System.IO (Handle)
+import Turtle.Format (format, (%), s)
+import Turtle.Prelude (err)
+import Turtle.Line (unsafeTextToLine)
+
+-- |A function to select out a specific chromosome from a Fasta File. Expects a file handle to the 
+-- file and a chromosome. Note that by Chromosome I simply denote a fasta header line, as is the 
+-- case for example for the human reference genome. Returns a Bytestring-Producer over the single sequence followed the specified header (the chromosome).
+loadFastaChrom :: Handle -> Chrom -> IO (Producer B.ByteString IO ())
+loadFastaChrom refFileHandle chrom = do
+    let prod = P.fromHandle refFileHandle
+    go prod
+  where
+    go prod = do
+        (chrom_, prod') <- readNextFastaEntry prod
+        err . unsafeTextToLine $ format ("found chromosome "%s) (unChrom chrom_)
+        if chrom_ == chrom
+        then return (void prod')
+        else do
+            newProd <- runEffect $ prod' >-> drain
+            go newProd
+
+-- |This function takes a Bytestring-Producer over a Fasta-file, reads in the first header and then returns a produer over its sequence. The return of that producer is the Bytestring-Producer of the rest of the fasta file.
+readNextFastaEntry :: (MonadIO m) => Producer B.ByteString m () ->
+                      m (Chrom, Producer B.ByteString m (Producer B.ByteString m ()))
+readNextFastaEntry prod = do
+    (res, rest) <- runStateT (parse fastaHeaderLineParser) prod
+    header <- case res of
+        Nothing -> liftIO . throwIO $ AssertionFailed "Could not find chromosome. Fasta file exhausted."
+        Just (Left e_) -> do
+            Right (chunk, _) <- next rest
+            let msg = show e_ ++ B.unpack chunk
+            liftIO . throwIO $ AssertionFailed ("Fasta header parsing error: " ++ msg)
+        Just (Right h) -> return h
+    return (header, view (P.break (==62)) rest >-> P.filter (\c -> c /= 10 && c /= 13))
+-- '>' == 62, '\n' == 10, \r == 13
+
+fastaHeaderLineParser :: A.Parser Chrom
+fastaHeaderLineParser = do
+    _ <- A.char '>'
+    chrom <- A.takeWhile isAlphaNum
+    A.skipSpace
+    A.skipWhile (\c -> c /= '\n' && c /= '\r')
+    A.endOfLine
+    return . Chrom . T.pack . B.unpack $ chrom
diff --git a/src/SequenceFormats/FreqSum.hs b/src/SequenceFormats/FreqSum.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SequenceFormats/FreqSum.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+{-| Module to parse and write freqSum files. The freqsum format is defined here:
+<https://rarecoal-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rarecoal-tools.html#vcf2freqsum>
+-}
+
+module SequenceFormats.FreqSum (readFreqSumStdIn, readFreqSumFile, FreqSumEntry(..),  
+    FreqSumHeader(..), printFreqSumStdOut, printFreqSumFile, freqSumEntryToText) where
+
+import SequenceFormats.Utils (consumeProducer, Chrom(..))
+
+import Control.Applicative ((<|>))
+import Control.Monad.Catch (MonadThrow, throwM)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO, liftIO)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.State.Strict (runStateT)
+import qualified Data.Attoparsec.Text as A
+import Data.Char (isAlphaNum, isSpace)
+import Data.Text (Text, intercalate, singleton)
+import Data.Text.IO (putStr, hPutStr)
+import Pipes (Producer, (>->), Consumer)
+import Pipes.Attoparsec (parse, ParsingError(..))
+import qualified Pipes.Prelude as P
+import Pipes.Safe (MonadSafe)
+import Pipes.Safe.Prelude (withFile)
+import qualified Pipes.Text.IO as PT
+import Prelude hiding (putStr)
+import System.IO (IOMode(..))
+import Turtle (format, s, d, (%))
+
+-- |A Datatype representing the Header
+data FreqSumHeader = FreqSumHeader {
+    fshNames :: [Text], -- ^A list of individual or group names
+    fshCounts :: [Int] -- ^A list of haplotype counts per individual/group.
+} deriving (Eq)
+
+freqSumHeaderToText :: FreqSumHeader -> Text
+freqSumHeaderToText (FreqSumHeader names nCounts) =
+    format ("#CHROM\tPOS\tREF\tALT\t"%s%"\n") (intercalate "\t" tuples)
+  where
+    tuples = zipWith (\n c -> format (s%"("%d%")") n c) names nCounts
+
+-- |A Datatype to denote a single freqSum line
+data FreqSumEntry = FreqSumEntry {
+    fsChrom  :: Chrom, -- ^The chromosome of the site
+    fsPos    :: Int, -- ^The position of the site
+    fsRef    :: Char, -- ^The reference allele
+    fsAlt    :: Char, -- ^The alternative allele
+    fsCounts :: [Maybe Int] -- ^A list of allele counts in each group. Nothing denotes missing data.
+}
+
+-- |This function converts a single freqSum entry to a printable freqSum line.
+freqSumEntryToText :: FreqSumEntry -> Text
+freqSumEntryToText (FreqSumEntry chrom pos ref alt maybeCounts) =
+    format (s%"\t"%d%"\t"%s%"\t"%s%"\t"%s%"\n") (unChrom chrom) pos (singleton ref) (singleton alt) 
+        countStr 
+  where
+    countStr = intercalate "\t" . map (format d . convertToNum) $ maybeCounts 
+    convertToNum Nothing = -1
+    convertToNum (Just a) = a
+
+readFreqSumProd :: (MonadThrow m) =>
+    Producer Text m () -> m (FreqSumHeader, Producer FreqSumEntry m ())
+readFreqSumProd prod = do
+    (res, rest) <- runStateT (parse parseFreqSumHeader) prod
+    header <- case res of
+        Nothing -> throwM $ ParsingError [] "freqSum file exhausted"
+        Just (Left e) -> throwM e
+        Just (Right h) -> return h
+    return (header, consumeProducer parseFreqSumEntry rest)
+
+-- |A function to read a freqsum file from StdIn. Returns a pair of a freqSum Header and a Producer over all lines.
+readFreqSumStdIn :: (MonadIO m, MonadThrow m) => m (FreqSumHeader, Producer FreqSumEntry m ())
+readFreqSumStdIn = readFreqSumProd PT.stdin
+
+-- |A function to read a freqsum file from a file. Returns a pair of a freqSum Header and a Producer over all lines.
+readFreqSumFile :: (MonadSafe m) => FilePath -> m (FreqSumHeader, Producer FreqSumEntry m ())
+readFreqSumFile = readFreqSumProd . PT.readFile
+
+parseFreqSumHeader :: A.Parser FreqSumHeader
+parseFreqSumHeader = do
+    tuples <- A.string "#CHROM\tPOS\tREF\tALT\t" >> A.sepBy' tuple A.space <* A.endOfLine
+    let names = map fst tuples
+        counts = map snd tuples
+    return $ FreqSumHeader names counts
+  where
+    tuple = (,) <$> A.takeWhile (\c -> isAlphaNum c || c == '_' || c == '-') <* A.char '(' <*> A.decimal <* A.char ')'
+
+parseFreqSumEntry :: A.Parser FreqSumEntry
+parseFreqSumEntry = FreqSumEntry <$> (Chrom <$> A.takeTill isSpace) <* A.skipSpace <*> A.decimal <*
+    A.skipSpace <*> base <* A.skipSpace <*> baseOrDot <* A.skipSpace <*> counts <* A.endOfLine
+  where
+    counts = (parseMissing <|> parseCount) `A.sepBy` A.char '\t'
+    parseMissing = A.string "-1" *> pure Nothing
+    parseCount = Just <$> A.decimal
+    base = A.satisfy (A.inClass "ACTGN")
+    baseOrDot = A.satisfy (A.inClass "ACTG.")
+
+-- |A function to write freqSum data to StdOut. Expects the freqSum header as argument, and then returns a Consumer that accepts freqSum entries.
+printFreqSumStdOut :: (MonadIO m) => FreqSumHeader -> Consumer FreqSumEntry m ()
+printFreqSumStdOut fsh = do
+    liftIO . putStr . freqSumHeaderToText $ fsh
+    P.map freqSumEntryToText >-> PT.stdout
+
+-- |A function that writes a freqSum file. Expects the FilePath and the freqSum header as arguments, and then returns a Consumer that accepts freqSum entries.
+printFreqSumFile :: (MonadSafe m) => FilePath -> FreqSumHeader -> Consumer FreqSumEntry m ()
+printFreqSumFile outFile fsh = do
+    outFileH <- withFile outFile WriteMode return
+    liftIO . hPutStr outFileH . freqSumHeaderToText $ fsh
+    P.map freqSumEntryToText >-> PT.toHandle outFileH
diff --git a/src/SequenceFormats/RareAlleleHistogram.hs b/src/SequenceFormats/RareAlleleHistogram.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SequenceFormats/RareAlleleHistogram.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+{-| A module to read and write allele sharing histograms, as defined here:
+<https://rarecoal-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rarecoal.html#histogram-files>
+-}
+
+module SequenceFormats.RareAlleleHistogram (RareAlleleHistogram(..), readHistogramFromHandle,
+                            SitePattern, readHistogram, showHistogram, showSitePattern) where
+
+import Control.Applicative (optional)
+import Control.Error (Script, scriptIO, assertErr, throwE)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.State.Strict (evalStateT)
+import qualified Data.Attoparsec.Text as A
+import Data.Char (isAlphaNum)
+import Data.Int (Int64)
+import Data.List (intercalate, sortBy)
+import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Pipes.Attoparsec (parse)
+import qualified Pipes.Text.IO as PT
+import System.IO (Handle, openFile, IOMode(..), hClose)
+import Turtle.Format ((%), w, format)
+
+-- |A datatype to represent an Allele Sharing Histogram:
+data RareAlleleHistogram = RareAlleleHistogram {
+    raNames :: [T.Text], -- ^A list of branch names
+    raNVec :: [Int], -- ^A list of haploid sample sizes.
+    raMinAf :: Int, -- ^The minimum allele count
+    raMaxAf :: Int, -- ^The maximum allele count
+    raConditionOn :: [Int], -- ^A list of branch indices that were used to condition the allele 
+                            --sharing pattern
+    raExcludePatterns :: [SitePattern], -- ^A list of patterns that are excluded.
+    raTotalNrSites :: Int64, -- ^The total number of non-missing sites in the genome.
+    raCounts :: Map.Map SitePattern Int64, -- ^The actual data, a dictionary from allele sharing patterns to observed numbers.
+    raJackknifeEstimates :: Maybe (Map.Map SitePattern (Double, Double)) -- ^An optional dictionary that contains Jackknife estimates and standard deviations for each pattern frequency.
+}
+
+-- |A simple type synonym for the SitePattern, represented as a list of Integers that represents 
+-- each pattern across the branches.
+type SitePattern = [Int]
+
+-- |A simple function to convert a pattern into a String.
+showSitePattern :: SitePattern -> String
+showSitePattern nVec = intercalate "," . map show $ nVec
+
+-- |Function to convert a Rare Allele Histogram to text. Returns an error if attempting to print a 
+-- histogram with non-standard settings. Many settings, such as minAf>1, are only meant for 
+-- in-memory representations, but are not compatible with the file format itself.
+showHistogram :: RareAlleleHistogram -> Either T.Text T.Text
+showHistogram hist = do
+    assertErr "can only print histogram with minAf=1 due to format-legacy" $ raMinAf hist == 1
+    assertErr "can only print histogram with no conditioning due to format-legacy" $
+        null (raConditionOn hist)
+    assertErr "can only print histogram with no exclude pattern due to format-legacy" $
+        null (raExcludePatterns hist)
+    let head0 = T.concat ["NAMES=", T.intercalate "," . raNames $ hist]
+        head1 = T.concat ["N=", T.pack . intercalate "," . map show . raNVec $ hist]
+        head2 = T.concat ["MAX_M=", T.pack . show . raMaxAf $ hist]
+        head3 = T.concat ["TOTAL_SITES=", T.pack . show . raTotalNrSites $ hist]
+        body = do
+            (k, v) <- sorted
+            case raJackknifeEstimates hist of
+                Nothing -> [T.intercalate " " [T.pack . showSitePattern $ k, T.pack . show $ v]]
+                Just jkHist -> do
+                    let Just (jkMean, jkSE) = k `Map.lookup` jkHist
+                    return $ T.intercalate " " [T.pack . showSitePattern $ k, T.pack . show $ v,
+                                                T.pack . show $ jkMean, T.pack . show $ jkSE]
+    return $ T.unlines (head0:head1:head2:head3:body)
+  where
+    sorted = sortBy (\(_, v1) (_, v2)  -> compare v2 v1) $ Map.toList (raCounts hist)
+
+-- |Read a histogram from a FilePath
+readHistogram :: FilePath -> Script RareAlleleHistogram
+readHistogram path = do
+    h <- scriptIO $ openFile path ReadMode
+    hist <- readHistogramFromHandle h
+    scriptIO $ hClose h
+    return hist
+
+-- |Read a histogram from a File Handle.
+readHistogramFromHandle :: Handle -> Script RareAlleleHistogram
+readHistogramFromHandle handle = do
+    res <- evalStateT (parse parseHistogram) . PT.fromHandle $ handle
+    case res of
+        Nothing -> throwE "histogram file exhausted too early"
+        Just (Left err) -> throwE $ format ("Histogram parsing error: "%w) err
+        Just (Right hist) -> return hist
+
+parseHistogram :: A.Parser RareAlleleHistogram
+parseHistogram = do
+    names <- parseNames
+    nVec <- parseNVec
+    maxM <- parseMaxM
+    totalNrSites <- parseTotalNrSites
+    body <- parseBody
+    let countHist = Map.fromList $ [(k, c) | (k, c, _) <- body]
+        jkHist = case head body of
+            (_, _, Just _) -> Just . Map.fromList $ [(k, (jkMean, jkSE)) |
+                                                     (k, _, Just (jkMean, jkSE)) <- body]
+            _ -> Nothing
+    return $ RareAlleleHistogram names nVec 1 maxM [][] totalNrSites countHist jkHist
+  where
+    parseNames = A.string "NAMES=" *> name `A.sepBy1` A.char ',' <* A.endOfLine
+    name = A.takeWhile1 (\c -> isAlphaNum c || c == '_' || c == '-')
+    parseNVec = A.string "N=" *> A.decimal `A.sepBy1` A.char ',' <* A.endOfLine
+    parseMaxM = A.string "MAX_M=" *> A.decimal <* A.endOfLine
+    parseTotalNrSites = A.string "TOTAL_SITES=" *> A.decimal <* A.endOfLine
+
+parseBody :: A.Parser [(SitePattern, Int64, Maybe (Double, Double))]
+parseBody = A.many1 patternLine
+  where
+    patternLine = (,,) <$> parsePattern <* A.space <*> parseLargeInt <*> optional parseJackknife <*
+        A.endOfLine
+    parsePattern = A.decimal `A.sepBy1` A.char ','
+    parseLargeInt = read <$> A.many1 A.digit
+    parseJackknife = (,) <$> (A.space *> A.double) <* A.space <*> A.double
diff --git a/src/SequenceFormats/Utils.hs b/src/SequenceFormats/Utils.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SequenceFormats/Utils.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+-- |This module contains helper functions for file parsing.
+
+module SequenceFormats.Utils (liftParsingErrors,
+                              consumeProducer,
+                              FormatException(..),
+                              Chrom(..)) where
+
+import Control.Exception (Exception)
+import Control.Monad.Catch (MonadThrow, throwM)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Class (lift)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified Data.Attoparsec.Text as A
+import Pipes (Producer, next)
+import Pipes.Attoparsec (ParsingError(..), parsed)
+
+-- |A wrapper datatype for Chromosome names.
+newtype Chrom = Chrom {unChrom :: T.Text} deriving (Eq)
+
+-- |Show instance for Chrom
+instance Show Chrom where
+    show (Chrom c) = show c
+
+-- |Ord instance for Chrom
+instance Ord Chrom where
+    compare (Chrom c1) (Chrom c2) = 
+        let c1' = if T.take 3 c1 == "chr" then T.drop 3 c1 else c1
+            c2' = if T.take 3 c2 == "chr" then T.drop 3 c2 else c2
+            cn1 = read . T.unpack $ c1' :: Int
+            cn2 = read . T.unpack $ c2' :: Int
+        in  cn1 `compare` cn2
+
+-- |An exception type for parsing BioInformatic file formats.
+data FormatException = FormatException T.Text
+    deriving Show
+
+instance Exception FormatException
+
+-- |A function to help with reporting parsing errors to stderr. Returns a clean Producer over the 
+-- parsed datatype.
+liftParsingErrors :: (MonadThrow m) =>
+    Either (ParsingError, Producer T.Text m r) () -> Producer a m ()
+liftParsingErrors res = case res of
+    Left (ParsingError cont msg, restProd) -> do
+        Right (chunk, _) <- lift $ next restProd
+        let msg' = msg ++ " Error occurred while trying to parse this chunk: " ++ show chunk
+        throwM (ParsingError cont msg')
+    Right () -> return ()
+
+-- |A helper function to parse a text producer, properly reporting all errors to stderr.
+consumeProducer :: (MonadThrow m) => A.Parser a -> Producer T.Text m () -> Producer a m ()
+consumeProducer parser prod = parsed parser prod >>= liftParsingErrors
diff --git a/src/SequenceFormats/VCF.hs b/src/SequenceFormats/VCF.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SequenceFormats/VCF.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+{-| A module to help with parsing VCF files. The VCF format is defined here:
+<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variant_Call_Format>
+-}
+
+module SequenceFormats.VCF (VCFheader(..),
+                     VCFentry(..),
+                     readVCFfromStdIn,
+                     readVCFfromFile,
+                     getGenotypes,
+                     getDosages,
+                     isTransversionSnp,
+                     vcfToFreqSumEntry,
+                     isBiallelicSnp) where
+
+import SequenceFormats.Utils (consumeProducer, Chrom(..))
+import SequenceFormats.FreqSum (FreqSumEntry(..))
+
+import Control.Applicative ((<|>), empty)
+import Control.Error (headErr, assertErr)
+import Control.Monad (void)
+import Control.Monad.Catch (MonadThrow, throwM)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.State.Strict (runStateT)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO)
+import qualified Data.Attoparsec.Text as A
+import Data.Char (isSpace)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Pipes (Producer)
+import Pipes.Attoparsec (parse, ParsingError(..))
+import Pipes.Safe (MonadSafe)
+import qualified Pipes.Text.IO as PT
+
+-- |A datatype to represent the VCF Header. Most comments are simply parsed as entire lines, but the very last comment line, containing the sample names, is separated out
+data VCFheader = VCFheader {
+    vcfHeaderComments :: [T.Text], -- ^A list of containing all comments starting with a single '#'
+    vcfSampleNames :: [T.Text] -- ^The list of sample names parsed from the last comment line 
+                             -- starting with '##'
+} deriving (Show)
+
+-- |A Datatype representing a single VCF entry.
+data VCFentry = VCFentry {
+    vcfChrom :: Chrom, -- ^The chromosome
+    vcfPos :: Int, -- ^The position
+    vcfId :: Maybe T.Text, -- ^The SNP ID if non-missing
+    vcfRef :: T.Text, -- ^ The reference allele (supports also multi-character alleles for Indels)
+    vcfAlt :: [T.Text], -- ^The alternative alleles, each one possible of multiple characters 
+    vcfQual :: Double, -- ^The quality value
+    vcfFilter :: Maybe T.Text, -- ^The Filter value, if non-missing.
+    vcfInfo :: [T.Text], -- ^A list of Info fields
+    vcfFormatString :: [T.Text], -- ^A list of format tags
+    vcfGenotypeInfo :: [[T.Text]] -- ^A list of format fields for each sapmle.
+} deriving (Show)
+
+readVCFfromProd :: (MonadThrow m) =>
+    Producer T.Text m () -> m (VCFheader, Producer VCFentry m ())
+readVCFfromProd prod = do
+    (res, rest) <- runStateT (parse vcfHeaderParser) prod
+    header <- case res of
+        Nothing -> throwM $ ParsingError [] "freqSum file exhausted"
+        Just (Left e) -> throwM e
+        Just (Right h) -> return h
+    return (header, consumeProducer vcfEntryParser rest)
+
+-- |Reading a VCF from StdIn. Returns a VCFHeader and a Producer over VCFentries.
+readVCFfromStdIn :: (MonadIO m, MonadThrow m) => m (VCFheader, Producer VCFentry m ())
+readVCFfromStdIn = readVCFfromProd PT.stdin
+
+-- |Reading a VCF from a file. Returns a VCFHeader and a Producer over VCFentries.
+readVCFfromFile :: (MonadSafe m) => FilePath -> m (VCFheader, Producer VCFentry m ())
+readVCFfromFile = readVCFfromProd . PT.readFile
+
+vcfHeaderParser :: A.Parser VCFheader
+vcfHeaderParser = VCFheader <$> A.many1' doubleCommentLine <*> singleCommentLine
+  where
+    doubleCommentLine = do
+        c1 <- A.string "##"
+        s_ <- A.takeWhile1 (not . A.isEndOfLine)
+        A.endOfLine
+        return $ T.append c1 s_
+    singleCommentLine = do
+        void $ A.char '#'
+        s_ <- A.takeWhile1 (not . A.isEndOfLine)
+        A.endOfLine
+        let fields = T.splitOn "\t" s_
+        return . drop 9 $ fields
+
+vcfEntryParser :: A.Parser VCFentry
+vcfEntryParser = VCFentry <$> (Chrom <$> word) <* sp <*> A.decimal <* sp <*> parseId <* sp <*>
+    word <* sp <*> parseAlternativeAlleles <* sp <*> A.double <* sp <*> parseFilter <* sp <*> 
+    parseInfoFields <* sp <*> parseFormatStrings <* sp <*> parseGenotypeInfos <* A.endOfLine
+  where
+    word = A.takeTill A.isHorizontalSpace
+    sp = A.satisfy A.isHorizontalSpace
+    parseId = parseDot <|> (Just <$> word)
+    parseDot = A.char '.' *> empty
+    parseAlternativeAlleles = parseDot <|> (parseAllele `A.sepBy1` A.char ',')
+    parseAllele = A.takeTill (\c -> c == ',' || A.isHorizontalSpace c)
+    parseFilter = parseDot <|> (Just <$> word)
+    parseInfoFields = parseDot <|> (parseInfoField `A.sepBy1` A.char ';')
+    parseInfoField = A.takeTill (\c -> c == ';' || A.isHorizontalSpace c)
+    parseFormatStrings = A.takeTill (\c -> c == ':' || A.isHorizontalSpace c) `A.sepBy1` A.char ':'
+    parseGenotypeInfos = parseGenotype `A.sepBy1` (A.satisfy A.isHorizontalSpace)
+    parseGenotype = parseGenoField `A.sepBy1` (A.char ':')
+    parseGenoField = A.takeTill (\c -> c == ':' || isSpace c) 
+
+-- |returns True if the SNP is biallelic.
+isBiallelicSnp :: T.Text -> [T.Text] -> Bool
+isBiallelicSnp ref alt = validRef && validAlt
+  where
+    validRef = (ref `elem` ["A", "C", "G", "T"])
+    validAlt = case alt of
+        [alt'] -> alt' `elem` ["A", "C", "G", "T"]
+        _ -> False
+
+-- |returns True if the SNp is a biallelic Transversion SNP (i.e. one of G/T, G/C, A/T, A/C)
+isTransversionSnp :: T.Text -> [T.Text] -> Bool
+isTransversionSnp ref alt =
+    case alt of
+        [alt'] -> isBiallelicSnp ref alt && (not $ isTransition ref alt')
+        _ -> False
+  where
+    isTransition r a = ((r == "A") && (a == "G")) || ((r == "G") && (a == "A")) ||
+                       ((r == "C") && (a == "T")) || ((r == "T") && (a == "C"))
+
+-- |Extracts the genotype fields (for each sapmle) from a VCF entry
+getGenotypes :: VCFentry -> Either String [T.Text]
+getGenotypes vcfEntry = do
+    gtIndex <- fmap fst . headErr "GT format field not found" . filter ((=="GT") . snd) .
+               zip [0..] . vcfFormatString $ vcfEntry
+    return $ map (!!gtIndex) (vcfGenotypeInfo vcfEntry)
+
+-- |Extracts the dosages (the sum of non-reference alleles) per sample (returns a Left Error if it fails.)
+getDosages :: VCFentry -> Either String [Maybe Int]
+getDosages vcfEntry = do
+    genotypes <- getGenotypes vcfEntry
+    let dosages = do
+            gen <- genotypes
+            if '.' `elem` (T.unpack gen) then
+                return Nothing
+            else
+                return . Just $ T.count "1" gen
+    return dosages
+
+-- |Converts a VCFentry to the simpler FreqSum format (returns a Left Error if it fails.)
+vcfToFreqSumEntry :: VCFentry -> Either String FreqSumEntry
+vcfToFreqSumEntry vcfEntry = do
+    dosages <- getDosages vcfEntry
+    assertErr "multi-site reference allele" $ T.length (vcfRef vcfEntry) == 1
+    assertErr "need exactly one alternative allele" $ length (vcfAlt vcfEntry) == 1
+    assertErr "multi-site alternative allele" $ T.length (head . vcfAlt $ vcfEntry) == 1
+    let ref = T.head (vcfRef vcfEntry)
+    let alt = T.head . head . vcfAlt $ vcfEntry
+    assertErr "Invalid Reference Allele" $ ref `elem` ['A', 'C', 'T', 'G', 'N']
+    assertErr "Invalid Alternative Allele" $ alt `elem` ['A', 'C', 'T', 'G', '.']
+    return $ FreqSumEntry (vcfChrom vcfEntry) (vcfPos vcfEntry) ref alt dosages
+    
