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  • Illumina MiSeq FASTQ files

    When receiving two fastq files from Illuminia, are they always considered paired-end reads?

  • #2
    It depends on what the files/reads are called.

    Depending on how many reads you have, you might have more than 1 file for each sample, with each file having about 4 million or so reads.

    If the files are from R1 and R2 paired-end reads, then when you look at the header lines for the reads, they should have read identifiers that are the same except one file having 1:N:0 (R1) and the other file 2:N:0 (R2).

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    • #3
      Okay, but if there are two fastq files for the same sample, then it is paired-end reads? I have files now that I know they are paired-end reads and they do have the R1 and R2 in their file name. Just curious if there is ever a case to have two fastq files for one sample, but not paired-end reads.

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      • #4
        File names are probably not absolutely certain indicators of two files being paired-end reads (unless you were sure that the sequence provider had followed standard protocols, identical sample_ID/barcodes were included in the file names and the only difference in the names was R1 and R2, as Maria stated before).
        Last edited by GenoMax; 12-13-2013, 12:33 PM.

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        • #5
          That is understandable. However, I know for sure 100% my two fastq files are for the same sample and are paired-end reads. I am just curious if it is ever a possibility to have two fastq files for the same sample, but NOT paired-end reads.

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          • #6
            Sure. If you ran a sample multiple times on separate MiSeq runs the resulting file names (with standard post-processing protocol) will be identical (down to the R1 and R2 in names if they are paired-end reads).

            Sample file names are using sample_ID inherited from the run samplesheet. So a mistake in the samplesheet could even assign the same name to sample files that are from different samples from 2 separate runs.

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