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  • Mismatch options in bwa

    Is it right, that the -n option of "bwa align" is restricted to only one of the paired-end reads?

    I """think""" that I have found the fact that, when I give -n option, the option is set to only one of the reads.

    Does anybody know how to set -n option to both of the reads?

    I think the problem rises when I use "bwa sampe" to pair reads; bwa probably pairs without regarding the previous options given in "bwa aln", such as the -n option I mentioned.


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    Yes, when you do a paired-end mapping, bwa sampe will force a non-optimal alignment regardless of the mismatch rate you set during the initial alignment.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by CTGF View Post
      Yes, when you do a paired-end mapping, bwa sampe will force a non-optimal alignment regardless of the mismatch rate you set during the initial alignment.
      I got this quote from lh3:
      Discussion of next-gen sequencing related bioinformatics: resources, algorithms, open source efforts, etc


      lh3 mentions that though XM:i:# can seem nonoptimal, it actually isn't;
      lh3 says that such "seemingly nonoptimal" reads are the result of pairing to semi-repetitive regions.

      I BLATted some of the former suspicious reads, and they all turned out to be mapped in repetitive regions.

      So I decided to ignore XM:i:# when pairing.

      How do you think?

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      • #4
        In my case, if I use paired end mapping by bwa, more than 90% of the reads align to the reference genome; while if I map two ends individually, the alignment rate drops to 80%. So I think the paird end mapping is not that stringent.

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        • #5
          So does anyone know how to change the settings so that both reads in the read pair are required to have fewer than n mismatches? It was not obvious to me from the user manual...

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