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How to generate bigwig file from paired end reads that overlap

Hi,

I preformed paired end sequencing on an RNA-seq library generated from small RNAs. The 5' ends of R1 and R2 from the pair overlap slightly when mapped. When I convert this to a bigwig file, this creates a bump in the profile as the overlapping portion of the read is counted as two separate reads. Can anyone explain how I can fix this so that overlapping reads are represented as one read in my bigwig file.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks!

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What is your duplication rate? I'm asking since you would expect fragments to be randomly distributed over the gene so a overlap should not cause a bump.

Alternatively I'm misunderstanding what you ask - could you post a picture?

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