bwa mem - low properly paired percentage

mglasenapp · 09-28-2020, 04:45 PM

After aligning paired-end 100bp reads to a reference genome, I am getting very low properly paired percentage:

369208441 0 total (QC-passed reads + QC-failed reads)
8985531 0 secondary
289733341 0 mapped
78.47% N/A mapped %
360222910 0 paired in sequencing
180111455 0 read1
180111455 0 read2
1393338 0 properly paired
0.39% N/A properly paired %
280747810 0 with itself and mate mapped
0 0 singletons
0.00% N/A singletons %
39590468 0 with mate mapped to a different chr
0 0 with mate mapped to a different chr (mapQ>=5)

I followed GATK best practices to align paired-end short-read data to a reference genome. I downloaded the short-read data from NCBI SRA into fastq files using SRA toolkit's fastq-dump, converted the fastq files into unmapped bam using Picard FastqToSam, and marked adapters using Picard MarkIlluminaAdapters. I then piped Picard SamToFastq, bwa mem, and Picard MergeBamAlignment. To get stats on the alignment, I used samtools flagstat. For several of my samples, the alignment went great (90% mapped, 80% properly paired). However, for a couple of my samples, the properly paired percentage was well below 1%. I'm wondering how I could have a normal amount of reads mapping (~78%) but have only .39% of those reads properly paired.

I have double-checked that my fastq files from fastq-dump have identical read counts, and that they are properly interleaved after Picard FastqToSam.

GenoMax · 09-29-2020, 03:30 AM

Cross-posted at biostars: https://www.biostars.org/p/464101/

elmtnakl · 10-11-2020, 05:54 AM

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09-28-2020, 04:45 PM	#1
mglasenapp Junior Member Location: Santa Cruz, California Join Date: Sep 2020 Posts: 1	bwa mem - low properly paired percentage After aligning paired-end 100bp reads to a reference genome, I am getting very low properly paired percentage: 369208441 0 total (QC-passed reads + QC-failed reads) 8985531 0 secondary 289733341 0 mapped 78.47% N/A mapped % 360222910 0 paired in sequencing 180111455 0 read1 180111455 0 read2 1393338 0 properly paired 0.39% N/A properly paired % 280747810 0 with itself and mate mapped 0 0 singletons 0.00% N/A singletons % 39590468 0 with mate mapped to a different chr 0 0 with mate mapped to a different chr (mapQ>=5) I followed GATK best practices to align paired-end short-read data to a reference genome. I downloaded the short-read data from NCBI SRA into fastq files using SRA toolkit's fastq-dump, converted the fastq files into unmapped bam using Picard FastqToSam, and marked adapters using Picard MarkIlluminaAdapters. I then piped Picard SamToFastq, bwa mem, and Picard MergeBamAlignment. To get stats on the alignment, I used samtools flagstat. For several of my samples, the alignment went great (90% mapped, 80% properly paired). However, for a couple of my samples, the properly paired percentage was well below 1%. I'm wondering how I could have a normal amount of reads mapping (~78%) but have only .39% of those reads properly paired. I have double-checked that my fastq files from fastq-dump have identical read counts, and that they are properly interleaved after Picard FastqToSam.

10-11-2020, 05:54 AM	#3
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09-29-2020, 03:30 AM	#2
GenoMax Senior Member Location: East Coast USA Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 7,080	Cross-posted at biostars: https://www.biostars.org/p/464101/