> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.theminos.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> Minos — Decentralized Genomic Variant Calling on Bittensor Subnet 107

# The Foundational Layer of Genomics

Minos is a **decentralized genomic variant-calling network** running on [Bittensor Subnet 107](https://github.com/minos-protocol/minos_subnet). Miners compete to produce the most accurate variant calls from sequencing data. Validators score results against truth sets — **accuracy is the only thing that matters.**

<Info>
  **SN107** rewards miners based on the quality of their genomic variant calls.
</Info>

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## How Minos Works

<Steps>
  <Step title="Receive Task">
    Validators send miners a genomic region and aligned sequencing reads (BAM) to analyze.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Call Variants">
    Miners run one of the four supported variant callers with their own tuned hyperparameters to produce variant calls (VCF) and share their hyperparameter config with validators for scoring.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Get Scored">
    Validators generate the VCF using the miner's config and benchmark against a truth set using precision, recall, and F1-score.
  </Step>
</Steps>

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## Supported Variant Callers

Minos supports **4 industry-standard tools**. Each guide covers the tool's algorithm, pipeline, and every tunable hyperparameter.

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  <Card title="GATK HaplotypeCaller" icon="terminal" href="/guides/gatk">
    The Broad Institute's flagship caller. Performs **local de novo assembly** of haplotypes — Assembly-based approach for haplotype-aware calling.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Google DeepVariant" icon="terminal" href="/guides/deepvariant">
    Deep learning variant caller. Converts pileups into **CNN image classification** — platform-aware models for WGS, WES, and PacBio.
  </Card>

  <Card title="FreeBayes" icon="terminal" href="/guides/freebayes">
    Bayesian haplotype-based caller with the **most tunable priors** — toggle HWE, allele balance, and contamination models independently.
  </Card>

  <Card title="BCFtools" icon="terminal" href="/guides/bcftools">
    The fastest caller. Classic **pileup-based approach** with a two-stage pipeline giving independent control over data prep and genotyping.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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## Quick Links

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  <Card title="Architecture" icon="sitemap" href="/architecture">
    How the subnet works end-to-end.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Get mining in under 10 minutes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="GitHub" icon="github" href="https://github.com/minos-protocol/minos_subnet">
    Source code and issue tracker.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
