Source code for dae.variants.variant

"""Classes and helper function to represent variants."""
from __future__ import annotations

import enum
import itertools
import logging
from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Set, cast

import pysam

from dae.effect_annotation.effect import AlleleEffects, EffectGene
from dae.utils.variant_utils import trim_str_left_right, trim_str_right_left
from dae.variants import core
from dae.variants.attributes import TransmissionType

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


# pylint: disable=too-many-return-statements
[docs]def allele_type_from_name(name: str) -> core.Allele.Type: """Return allele type from an allele type name.""" name = name.lower().strip() if name in {"sub", "substitution"}: return core.Allele.Type.substitution if name in {"ins", "insertion"}: return core.Allele.Type.small_insertion if name in {"del", "deletion"}: return core.Allele.Type.small_deletion if name in {"comp", "complex"}: return core.Allele.Type.complex if name in {"cnv_p", "cnv+", "large_duplication"}: return core.Allele.Type.large_duplication if name in {"cnv_m", "cnv-", "large_deletion"}: return core.Allele.Type.large_deletion if name in {"tr", "tandem_repeat"}: return core.Allele.Type.tandem_repeat raise ValueError(f"unexpected variant type: {name}")
[docs]def allele_type_from_cshl_variant(variant: str) -> core.Allele.Type: """Return allele type from a CSHL variant type.""" if variant is None: return None vt_short = variant[0:2] if vt_short == "su": return core.Allele.Type.substitution if vt_short == "in": return core.Allele.Type.small_insertion if vt_short == "de": return core.Allele.Type.small_deletion if vt_short == "co": return core.Allele.Type.complex if vt_short == "TR": return core.Allele.Type.tandem_repeat if variant == "CNV+": return core.Allele.Type.large_duplication if variant == "CNV-": return core.Allele.Type.large_duplication raise ValueError(f"unexpected variant type: {variant}")
[docs]class VariantDesc: """Variant description.""" # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments,too-many-instance-attributes def __init__( self, variant_type: core.Allele.Type, position: int, end_position: Optional[int] = None, ref: Optional[str] = None, alt: Optional[str] = None, length: Optional[int] = None, tr_ref: Optional[int] = None, tr_alt: Optional[int] = None, tr_unit: Optional[str] = None): self.variant_type = variant_type self.position = position self.end_position = end_position self.ref = ref self.alt = alt self.length = length self.tr_ref = tr_ref self.tr_alt = tr_alt self.tr_unit = tr_unit def __repr__(self) -> str: return self.to_cshl_short()
[docs] def to_cshl_short(self) -> str: """Convert variant description into CSHL short type description.""" if self.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.substitution: return f"sub({self.ref}->{self.alt})" if self.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.small_insertion: return f"ins({self.alt})" if self.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.small_deletion: return f"del({self.length})" if self.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.complex: return f"comp({self.ref}->{self.alt})" if self.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.large_duplication: return "CNV+" if self.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.large_deletion: return "CNV-" raise ValueError(f"unexpected variant type: {self.variant_type}")
[docs] def to_cshl_full(self) -> str: """Convert variant description into CSHL full type description. Includes tandem repeats descriptions. """ if self.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.tandem_repeat: return f"TR({self.tr_ref}x{self.tr_unit}->{self.tr_alt})" if self.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.substitution: return f"sub({self.ref}->{self.alt})" if self.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.small_insertion: return f"ins({self.alt})" if self.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.small_deletion: return f"del({self.length})" if self.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.complex: return f"comp({self.ref}->{self.alt})" if self.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.large_duplication: return "CNV+" if self.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.large_deletion: return "CNV-" raise ValueError(f"unexpected variant type: {self.variant_type}")
[docs] @staticmethod def combine(variant_descs: list[VariantDesc]) -> list[str]: """Combine multiple variant description into list of descriptions.""" if all(vd.variant_type & core.Allele.Type.tandem_repeat for vd in variant_descs): tr_ref = variant_descs[0].tr_ref tr_alt = ",".join(filter( lambda a: a is not None, [str(vd.tr_alt) for vd in variant_descs])) tr_unit = variant_descs[0].tr_unit return [f"TR({tr_ref}x{tr_unit}->{tr_alt})"] if all(variant_descs[0].variant_type == vd.variant_type for vd in variant_descs): result = VariantDesc( variant_descs[0].variant_type, variant_descs[0].position, ref=variant_descs[0].ref, alt=",".join(filter( lambda a: a is not None, # type: ignore [vd.alt for vd in variant_descs])), length=variant_descs[-1].length, ) return [result.to_cshl_full()] return [str(vd) for vd in variant_descs]
[docs]def cshl_format( pos: int, ref: str, alt: str, trimmer: Callable[ [int, str, str], tuple[int, str, str]] = trim_str_left_right, ) -> VariantDesc: """Build a description for an CSHL allele.""" # pylint: disable=invalid-name p, r, a = trimmer(pos, ref, alt) if len(r) == len(a) and len(r) == 0: return VariantDesc( core.Allele.Type.complex, p, ref=r, alt=a, length=0) if len(r) == len(a) and len(r) == 1: return VariantDesc( core.Allele.Type.substitution, p, ref=r, alt=a, length=1) if len(r) > len(a) and len(a) == 0: return VariantDesc( core.Allele.Type.small_deletion, p, length=len(r), ) # len(ref) < len(alt): if len(r) < len(a) and len(r) == 0: return VariantDesc( core.Allele.Type.small_insertion, p, alt=a, length=len(a)) return VariantDesc( core.Allele.Type.complex, p, ref=r, alt=a, length=max(len(r), len(a)), )
[docs]def tandem_repeat( ref: str, alt: str, min_mono_reference: int = 8, ) -> tuple[Optional[str], Optional[int], Optional[int]]: """Check if an allele is a tandem repeat and builds it.""" for period in range(1, len(ref) // 2 + 1): if len(ref) % period != 0: continue unit = ref[:period] ref_repeats = len(ref) // period if ref_repeats * unit != ref: continue if len(alt) % period != 0: continue alt_repeats = len(alt) // period if alt_repeats * unit != alt: continue if len(unit) == 1 and len(ref) < min_mono_reference: return None, None, None return unit, ref_repeats, alt_repeats return None, None, None
[docs]def vcf2cshl( pos: int, ref: str, alt: str, trimmer: Callable[ [int, str, str], tuple[int, str, str]] = trim_str_right_left, ) -> VariantDesc: """Build a description for an VCF allele.""" tr_vd = None tr_unit, tr_ref, tr_alt = tandem_repeat(ref, alt) if tr_unit is not None: assert tr_ref is not None assert tr_alt is not None tr_vd = VariantDesc( core.Allele.Type.tandem_repeat, pos, tr_ref=tr_ref, tr_alt=tr_alt, tr_unit=tr_unit) details = cshl_format(pos, ref, alt, trimmer=trimmer) details.variant_type |= tr_vd.variant_type details.tr_unit = tr_vd.tr_unit details.tr_ref = tr_vd.tr_ref details.tr_alt = tr_vd.tr_alt return details return cshl_format(pos, ref, alt, trimmer=trimmer)
[docs]class VariantDetails: """Represents CSHL variant details.""" def __init__( self, chrom: str, variant_desc: VariantDesc): self.chrom = chrom self.variant_desc = variant_desc self.cshl_position = self.variant_desc.position if core.Allele.Type.cnv & self.variant_desc.variant_type: self.cshl_location = f"{self.chrom}:" \ f"{self.variant_desc.position}-" \ f"{self.variant_desc.end_position}" else: self.cshl_location = f"{self.chrom}:{self.cshl_position}" self.cshl_variant = str(variant_desc) self.cshl_variant_full = variant_desc.to_cshl_full()
[docs] @staticmethod def from_vcf( chrom: str, position: int, reference: str, alternative: str) -> VariantDetails: """Build variant details from a VCF variant.""" return VariantDetails( chrom, vcf2cshl(position, reference, alternative), )
[docs] @staticmethod def from_cnv(variant: SummaryAllele) -> VariantDetails: """Build variant details from a CNV variant.""" # pylint: disable=protected-access assert core.Allele.Type.is_cnv(variant._allele_type) variant_desc = VariantDesc( variant_type=variant._allele_type, position=variant.position, end_position=variant.end_position) return VariantDetails( variant.chrom, variant_desc)
[docs]class SummaryAllele(core.Allele): """Class to represents a single allele for given position.""" # pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods,too-many-arguments def __init__( self, chromosome: str, position: int, reference: Optional[str], alternative: Optional[str] = None, end_position: Optional[int] = None, summary_index: int = -1, allele_index: int = 0, transmission_type: TransmissionType = TransmissionType.transmitted, allele_type: Optional[core.Allele.Type] = None, attributes: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None, effect: Optional[str] = None, ): super().__init__( chrom=chromosome, pos=position, pos_end=end_position, ref=reference, alt=alternative, allele_type=allele_type) self._summary_index: int = summary_index self._allele_index: int = allele_index self._transmission_type: TransmissionType = transmission_type self._details: Optional[VariantDetails] = None self._effects = AlleleEffects.from_string(effect) if effect else None self.matched_gene_effects: list[EffectGene] = [] self._attributes: Dict[str, Any] = { "allele_index": allele_index, "transmission_type": transmission_type, } if attributes is not None: self.update_attributes(attributes) @property def summary_index(self) -> int: return self._summary_index @summary_index.setter def summary_index(self, summary_index: int) -> None: self._summary_index = summary_index @property def allele_index(self) -> int: return self._allele_index
[docs] def to_record(self) -> dict[str, Any]: """Construct a record from an allele.""" def enum_to_value(val: Any) -> Any: if isinstance(val, enum.IntEnum): return int(val) if isinstance(val, enum.Enum): return str(val) return val def encode_attributes(attributes: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]: filtered_attr = {} for key, val in attributes.items(): if key is not None: filtered_attr[key] = enum_to_value(val) return filtered_attr attributes = encode_attributes(self._attributes) return {**attributes, "chrom": self.chromosome, "position": self.position, "reference": self.reference, "alternative": self.alternative, "end_position": self.end_position, "summary_index": self.summary_index, "allele_index": self.allele_index, "transmission_type": enum_to_value(self.transmission_type), "variant_type": self.variant_type.value if self.variant_type is not None else None, "effects": str(self.effects) if self.effects is not None else None, }
@property def variant_type(self) -> core.Allele.Type: return self.allele_type @property def transmission_type(self) -> TransmissionType: return self._transmission_type @property def attributes(self) -> Dict[str, Any]: return self._attributes @property def details(self) -> VariantDetails: """Build and return CSHL allele details.""" if self._details is None: if self.Type.cnv & self.allele_type: self._details = VariantDetails.from_cnv(self) elif self.alternative is None: raise ValueError( "variant detailf for allele without alternative " "has no meaning") else: assert self.reference is not None self._details = VariantDetails.from_vcf( self.chromosome, self.position, self.reference, self.alternative, ) assert self._details is not None return self._details @property def effects(self) -> Optional[AlleleEffects]: """Build and return allele effect.""" if self._effects is None: record = self.attributes if "effect_type" in record: worst_effect = record["effect_type"] if worst_effect is None: return None effects = AlleleEffects.from_simplified_effects( worst_effect, list( zip( record["effect_gene_genes"], record["effect_gene_types"], ), ), list( zip( record["effect_details_transcript_ids"], record["effect_details_details"], ), ), ) self._effects = effects return self._effects if "effects" in record: self._effects = AlleleEffects.from_string( record["effects"]) return self._effects self._effects = None return self._effects @property def worst_effect(self) -> Optional[str]: if self.effects: return self.effects.worst return None @property def effect_types(self) -> List[str]: if self.effects: return self.effects.types return [] @property def effect_genes(self) -> List[EffectGene]: if self.effects: return self.effects.genes return [] @property def effect_gene_symbols(self) -> List[str]: return [eg.symbol for eg in self.effect_genes if eg.symbol] @property def frequency(self) -> Optional[float]: return cast(Optional[float], self.get_attribute("af_allele_freq")) @property def cshl_variant(self) -> Optional[str]: if self.details is None: return None return self.details.cshl_variant @property def cshl_variant_full(self) -> str: if self.details is None: raise ValueError( "cshl location for allele without details") return self.details.cshl_variant_full @property def cshl_location(self) -> str: """Return CSHL location (chrom:position) of an allele.""" if self.Type.cnv & self.allele_type: return f"{self.chrom}:{self.position}-{self.end_position}" if self.alternative is None: raise ValueError( "cshl location for allele without alternative " "has no meaning") if self.details is None: raise ValueError( "cshl location for allele without details") return self.details.cshl_location @property def cshl_position(self) -> Optional[int]: """Return CSHL position of an allele.""" if self.alternative is None: return None if self.details is None: return None return self.details.cshl_position @property def is_reference_allele(self) -> bool: return self.allele_index == 0
[docs] def get_attribute(self, item: str, default_val: Any = None) -> Any: """Return attribute value. Looks up values matching key `item` in additional attributes passed on creation of the variant. """ val = self.attributes.get(item, default_val) if val is None: return default_val return val
[docs] def has_attribute(self, item: str) -> bool: """Check if an attribute `item` is available.""" return item in self.attributes
[docs] def update_attributes(self, atts: dict[str, Any]) -> None: """Update allele attributes.""" for key, val in list(atts.items()): self.attributes[key] = val
def __getitem__(self, item: str) -> Any: """Return value of an allele attribute. Allows using of standard dictionary access to additional variant attributes. For example `sv['af_parents_called']` will return value matching key `af_parents_called` from addtional variant attributes. """ if not self.has_attribute(item): raise AttributeError(f"attribute <{item}> not found") return self.get_attribute(item) def __contains__(self, item: str) -> bool: """Check if the allele has an attribute.""" return self.has_attribute(item) def __repr__(self) -> str: if self.Type.is_cnv(self.allele_type): return f"{self.chromosome}:{self.position}-{self.end_position}" if not self.alternative: return f"{self.chrom}:{self.position} {self.reference} (ref)" return f"{self.chrom}:{self.position}" \ f" {self.reference}->{self.alternative}"
[docs] @staticmethod def create_reference_allele(allele: SummaryAllele) -> SummaryAllele: """Given an allele creates the corresponding reference allele.""" allele_type = core.Allele.Type.position sj_index = allele.attributes.get("sj_index") if sj_index is not None: sj_index = sj_index - allele.allele_index new_attributes = { "chrom": allele.attributes.get("chrom"), "position": allele.attributes.get("position"), "end_position": allele.attributes.get("position"), "reference": allele.attributes.get("reference"), "summary_variant_index": allele.attributes.get( "summary_variant_index"), "allele_count": allele.attributes.get("allele_count"), "allele_index": 0, "summary_index": allele.attributes.get("summary_index"), "bucket_index": allele.attributes.get("bucket_index"), "sj_index": sj_index, # FIXME uncomment when ref allele count/freq computation is fixed # for schema1. At the moment all ref allles will have a freq of # None. To emulate that behavior following lines are commented out. # "af_allele_count": allele.attributes.get("af_ref_allele_count"), # "af_allele_freq": allele.attributes.get("af_ref_allele_freq"), } return SummaryAllele( allele.chromosome, allele.position, allele.reference, end_position=allele.end_position, summary_index=allele.summary_index, transmission_type=allele.transmission_type, attributes=new_attributes, allele_type=allele_type, )
[docs]class SummaryVariant: """Represents summary variant.""" # pylint: disable=R0913,R0902,R0904 def __init__(self, alleles: list[SummaryAllele]): assert len(alleles) >= 1 assert len(set(sa.position for sa in alleles)) == 1 assert alleles[0].is_reference_allele self._alleles: list[SummaryAllele] = alleles self._allele_count: int = len(self.alleles) self._matched_alleles: list[int] = [] self._chromosome: str = self.ref_allele.chromosome self._position: int = self.ref_allele.position self._reference: Optional[str] = self.ref_allele.reference if len(alleles) > 1: self._end_position = alleles[1].end_position else: self._end_position = self.ref_allele.position for allele_index, allele in enumerate(alleles): if allele.allele_index == 0: allele._allele_index = allele_index self._svuid: Optional[str] = None @property def chromosome(self) -> str: return self._chromosome @property def chrom(self) -> str: return self._chromosome @property def position(self) -> int: return self._position @property def end_position(self) -> Optional[int]: return self._end_position @property def reference(self) -> Optional[str]: return self._reference @property def allele_count(self) -> int: return self._allele_count @property def summary_index(self) -> int: return self.ref_allele.summary_index @summary_index.setter def summary_index(self, val: int) -> None: for allele in self.alleles: allele.summary_index = val @property def alleles(self) -> list[SummaryAllele]: return self._alleles @property def svuid(self) -> str: """Build and return summary variant 'unique' ID.""" if self._svuid is None: self._svuid = \ f"{self.location}.{self.reference}.{self.alternative}." \ f"{self.transmission_type.value}" return self._svuid @property def alternative(self) -> Optional[str]: if not self.alt_alleles: return None return ",".join( [ aa.alternative if aa.alternative else "" for aa in self.alt_alleles ], ) @property def location(self) -> str: """Return summary variant location.""" types = self.variant_types if core.Allele.Type.large_deletion in types \ or core.Allele.Type.large_duplication in types: return f"{self.chromosome}:{self.position}-{self.end_position}" return f"{self.chromosome}:{self.position}" @property def ref_allele(self) -> SummaryAllele: """Return the reference allele of the variant.""" return self.alleles[0] @property def alt_alleles(self) -> list[SummaryAllele]: """Return list of all alternative alleles of the variant.""" return self.alleles[1:] @property def details(self) -> List[VariantDetails]: """Return list of 'VariantDetails' for each allele.""" if not self.alt_alleles: return [] return [sa.details for sa in self.alt_alleles] @property def cshl_variant(self) -> List[Optional[str]]: if not self.alt_alleles: return [] return [aa.cshl_variant for aa in self.alt_alleles] @property def cshl_variant_full(self) -> List[Optional[str]]: if not self.alt_alleles: return [] return [aa.cshl_variant_full for aa in self.alt_alleles] @property def cshl_location(self) -> List[str]: if not self.alt_alleles: return [] return [aa.cshl_location for aa in self.alt_alleles] @property def effects(self) -> List[AlleleEffects]: """Return list of allele effects.""" if not self.alt_alleles: return [] return [sa.effects for sa in self.alt_alleles if sa.effects] @property def effect_types(self) -> List[str]: ets: set = set() for allele in self.alt_alleles: ets = ets.union(allele.effect_types) return list(ets) @property def effect_gene_symbols(self) -> List[str]: egs: Set[str] = set() for allele in self.alt_alleles: egs = egs.union(allele.effect_gene_symbols) return list(egs) @property def frequencies(self) -> List[Optional[float]]: """Return list of allele frequencies.""" return [sa.frequency for sa in self.alleles] @property def variant_types(self) -> Set[Any]: """Return set of allele types.""" return set(aa.allele_type for aa in self.alt_alleles)
[docs] def get_attribute( self, item: Any, default: Optional[Any] = None) -> List[Any]: return [sa.get_attribute(item, default) for sa in self.alt_alleles]
[docs] def has_attribute(self, item: Any) -> bool: return any(sa.has_attribute(item) for sa in self.alt_alleles)
def __getitem__(self, item: Any) -> List[Any]: return self.get_attribute(item) def __contains__(self, item: Any) -> bool: return self.has_attribute(item)
[docs] def update_attributes(self, atts: Dict[str, Any]) -> None: for key, values in list(atts.items()): if not values: continue assert len(values) == 1 or len(values) == len(self.alt_alleles) for allele, val in zip(self.alt_alleles, itertools.cycle(values)): allele.update_attributes({key: val})
@property def _variant_repr(self) -> str: if self.alternative: return f"{self.reference}->{self.alternative}" return f"{self.reference} (ref)" def __repr__(self) -> str: types = self.variant_types if core.Allele.Type.large_deletion in types \ or core.Allele.Type.large_duplication in types: types_str = ", ".join(map(str, types)) return f"{self.location} {types_str}" return f"{self.location} {self._variant_repr}" def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool: if not isinstance(other, SummaryVariant): return False return ( self.chromosome == other.chromosome and self.position == other.position and self.reference == other.reference and self.alternative == other.alternative ) def __ne__(self, other: Any) -> bool: return not self.__eq__(other) def __lt__(self, other: Any) -> bool: if not isinstance(other, SummaryVariant): return False return ( self.chromosome <= other.chromosome and self.position < other.position ) def __gt__(self, other: Any) -> bool: if not isinstance(other, SummaryVariant): return False return ( self.chromosome >= other.chromosome and self.position > other.position )
[docs] def set_matched_alleles(self, alleles_indexes: List[int]) -> None: # pylint: disable=protected-access self._matched_alleles = sorted(alleles_indexes)
@property def matched_alleles(self) -> list[SummaryAllele]: if self._matched_alleles is None: return [] return [ aa for aa in self.alleles if aa.allele_index in self._matched_alleles ] @property def matched_alleles_indexes(self) -> list[int]: return self._matched_alleles @property def matched_gene_effects(self) -> set[EffectGene]: return set.union( *[set(aa.matched_gene_effects) for aa in self.alt_alleles]) @property def transmission_type(self) -> TransmissionType: return self.alleles[-1].transmission_type
[docs] def to_record(self) -> list[dict[str, Any]]: return [allele.to_record() for allele in self.alt_alleles]
[docs]class SummaryVariantFactory: """Factory for summary variants."""
[docs] @staticmethod def summary_allele_from_record( record: dict[str, Any], transmission_type: Optional[TransmissionType] = None, attr_filter: Optional[set[str]] = None) -> SummaryAllele: """Build a summary allele from a dictionary (record).""" if transmission_type is not None: record["transmission_type"] = transmission_type alternative = record["alternative"] attributes = record if attr_filter: attributes = { k: v for (k, v) in record.items() if k not in attr_filter } if "summary_variant_index" in record: summary_index = record["summary_variant_index"] attributes["summary_index"] = summary_index else: summary_index = record.get("summary_index") allele_index = record["allele_index"] chrom = record["chrom"] position = record["position"] end_position = record.get("end_position") reference = record["reference"] alternative = record.get("alternative") allele_type = record.get("variant_type") transmission_type = TransmissionType( record.get("transmission_type", TransmissionType.transmitted), ) if position is not None and end_position is not None and \ reference is None and alternative is None and \ allele_type is None: allele_type = SummaryAllele.Type.position if allele_type is not None: allele_type = core.Allele.Type(allele_type) return SummaryAllele( chrom, position, reference, alternative=alternative, summary_index=summary_index, end_position=record.get("end_position"), allele_type=allele_type, allele_index=allele_index, transmission_type=transmission_type, attributes=attributes, )
[docs] @staticmethod def summary_variant_from_records( records: list[dict[str, Any]], transmission_type: Optional[TransmissionType] = None, attr_filter: Optional[set[str]] = None) -> SummaryVariant: """Build summary variant from a list of dictionaries (records).""" assert len(records) > 0 alleles = [] for record in records: allele = SummaryVariantFactory.summary_allele_from_record( record, transmission_type=transmission_type, attr_filter=attr_filter, ) alleles.append(allele) if not alleles[0].is_reference_allele: ref_allele = SummaryAllele.create_reference_allele(alleles[0]) alleles.insert(0, ref_allele) allele_count = {"allele_count": len(alleles)} for allele in alleles: allele.update_attributes(allele_count) return SummaryVariant(alleles)
[docs] @staticmethod def summary_variant_from_vcf( vcf_variant: pysam.VariantRecord, summary_variant_index: int, transmission_type: TransmissionType) -> SummaryVariant: """Build sumamry variant from a pysam VCF record.""" records = [] alts = vcf_variant.alts \ if vcf_variant.alts is not None else ["."] allele_count = len(alts) + 1 records.append( { "chrom": vcf_variant.chrom, "position": vcf_variant.pos, "reference": vcf_variant.ref, "alternative": None, "summary_variant_index": summary_variant_index, "allele_index": 0, "allele_count": allele_count, }, ) for allele_index, alt in enumerate(alts): records.append( { "chrom": vcf_variant.chrom, "position": vcf_variant.pos, "reference": vcf_variant.ref, "alternative": alt, "summary_variant_index": summary_variant_index, "allele_index": allele_index + 1, "allele_count": allele_count, }, ) return SummaryVariantFactory.summary_variant_from_records( records, transmission_type=transmission_type)