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  • danielsbrewer
    Member
    • Feb 2009
    • 35
    #1

    Perfect match disagreement between bowtie and BLAT on human genome

    Hello,

    I am currently testing a number of aligners with application to miRNA sequenceing and have come across a curious problem with bowtie. I run bowtie with the following options so should get all the perfect matches:
    Code:
    ./bowtie -p 4 --solexa-quals --best -k 100  -t h_sapiens_asm ../GDB1.fastq GDB1.map
    The index file is the human genome as supplied by the makers of bowtie.

    For the sequence "TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT" I get two hits one on chromosome 12 and the other on the X. When I blat this sequence I get 22 hits (chr1 * 16, 12*2, X*2, 17, 19).

    Does anyone know why there is a difference?

    I also applied the same dataset to novoalign,
    Code:
    ./novoalign -rAll -f ../GDB1.fastq -d hsapiens > GDB1.map
    , and get 23 perfect matches, with an extra chromosome 1 match.

    I am very confused as to why there is so many differences and would welcome any help in this area.

    Thanks
    Tags: blat, bowtie, disagreement, novoalign
  • Ben Langmead
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2008
    • 200
    #2
    Hi there,

    I can't reproduce this. When I run "./bowtie -c --solexa-quals --best -k 100 h_sapiens_asm TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT", I get 23 hits; presumably the same ones as novoalign:

    sycamore:~/research/bowtie $ ./bowtie -c --solexa-quals --best -k 100 /fs/szasmg/langmead/ebwts/h_sapiens_asm TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
    0 + gi|89161218|ref|NC_000023.9|NC_000023 68809142 TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1
    0 + gi|89161190|ref|NC_000012.10|NC_000012 34249995 TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226823814 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226826034 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226819358 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226837238 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226821599 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226814876 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226832757 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226812635 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226817117 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226828276 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226848407 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226839463 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226834998 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226841704 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226846176 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226843935 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161185|ref|NC_000001.9|NC_000001 226830515 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161190|ref|NC_000012.10|NC_000012 36841532 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|42406306|ref|NC_000019.8|NC_000019 21087771 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161218|ref|NC_000023.9|NC_000023 28910887 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    0 - gi|89161213|ref|NC_000007.12|NC_000007 139733047 AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 20
    Reported 23 alignments to 1 output stream(s)

    Is there another example where Bowtie does not produce the expected output that I can try?

    Ben

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    • danielsbrewer
      Member
      • Feb 2009
      • 35
      #3
      I think I have worked out the problem. Novoalign outputs the source read sequence no matter what strand it is on whereas bowtie always takes the sequence on the same strand, no matter what strand the match was to. So I was just filtering on "TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT" whereas the other hits that came on the reverse strand were reported under "AAAGCCTACAGCACCCGGTATTCCCA".

      Sorry for the confusion.

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      • BioWizard
        Member
        • Mar 2009
        • 27
        #4
        When I enter your sequence in ISAS I get 23 perfect matches. Below is a transcript of an interactive session.

        ========================================================
        Enter next command, or type "?" (and ENTER) for list of commands.

        limit=30
        For each sequence, the search will stop if 30 hits are found.
        Allocated buffer for 58.4 million sequences (0.0 sec.)

        Enter next command, or type "?" (and ENTER) for list of commands.

        sequence=TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT

        23 matches found in 9.0 micro seconds.

        Match no. 1: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226812661..226812636, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 2: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226814902..226814877, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 3: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226817143..226817118, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 4: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226819384..226819359, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 5: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226821625..226821600, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 6: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226823840..226823815, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 7: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226826060..226826035, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 8: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226828302..226828277, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 9: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226830541..226830516, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 10: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226832783..226832758, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 11: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226835024..226834999, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 12: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226837264..226837239, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 13: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226839489..226839464, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 14: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226841730..226841705, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 15: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226843961..226843936, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 16: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226846202..226846177, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 17: Reverse Chr. 1 Positions 226848433..226848408, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 18: Reverse Chr. 7 Positions 139733073..139733048, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 19: Forward Chr. 12 Positions 34249996..34250021, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 20: Reverse Chr. 12 Positions 36841558..36841533, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 21: Reverse Chr. 19 Positions 21087797..21087772, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 22: Reverse Chr. 23 Positions 28910913..28910888, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

        Match no. 23: Forward Chr. 23 Positions 68809143..68809168, 0 Mismatches

        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        TGGGAATACCGGGTGCTGTAGGCTTT
        0 substitutions

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