Reference sequence files are in the folder /bigfiles/Brassica/reference_dir One percent random read files are in the folder /bigfiles/Brassica/read_dir Running Bowtie Build bowtie index file: /home/zhangju/App/bowtie2-2.1.0/bowtie2-build reference_fasta index_name Run alignment: /home/zhangju/App/bowtie2-2.1.0/bowtie2 -x index -U unmapped_fastq_file -S Alignment_output.sam