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ATAC seq - Odd insert size distribution

Hello, I'm relatively new to working with ATACSeq data. One of the major QC checks is to plot the insert sizes after mapping. In one of my ten samples I am seeing an unusual distribution, while the rest appear to look reasonable (single representative of the other nine below).

bad sample

good sample

Any ideas on what might cause this/any suggested actions?

mapping command:

bowtie2 --very-sensitive --maxins 1000 -x ${bowtie2Index} -1 ./${dir}/${prefix}_1.fastq.gz -2 ./${dir}/${prefix}_2.fastq.gz

histogram command:

java -Xmx20g -jar picard.jar CollectInsertSizeMetrics I=${name}.bam H=${name}_histogram.pdf

All samples mapped at >95%

atac atac-seq qc

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