Understanding bam tracks
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Sorry i am having trouble understanding this concept. For example, when I view a bam file after alignment in igv, I see that there are different tracks that form. How are these tracks formed/why do some aligned sequences belong together or are part of the same track?

When I look at a fastq file, as far as I know I don't believe l there is any indicator of that some reads have any specific relationship with one another?

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, I see that there are different tracks that form.

what are these tracks ? alignements+coverage ? the coverage track is calculated from the alignment track.

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Hi, sorry for the confusion. I was referring to the gray lines in this picture here. I was wondering why some are in line with each other (same row) as seen by the blue arrow and not with others (red). How is this relationship determined?

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IGV just pile-up the reads so they are displayed in a compact way. You can change the order and the grouping algorithm : https://software.broadinstitute.org/software/igv/PopupMenus#AlignmentTrack

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I see thanks! So there isn't a way to discern some relationship between reads? They are basically just grouped randomly based on the algorithm set by igv?

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define "some relationship"

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I guess I am referring to whether some reads were originally closer to each other in the fastq file (sequenced closer in time after one another)?

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I guess I am referring to whether some reads were originally closer to each other in the fastq file

the position in the fastq file is meaningless.

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Thank you for the explanation, is it possible to discern any meaning between reads in terms of position?

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what is your biological question?

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