Can we use the index file created for Bowtie on BWA alignment?

Question

[Amk]

Hi All,

It's due to a curiosity, Can we use the index files created by Bowtie can be used for BWA for mapping? I am new to the genomics field, Please do consider as a noob question.

Thank you.
Amk

Answer 1

[Devon Ryan]

No, they have different formats.

[Amk]

Thank you Devon