Exactly !


> ________________________________________
> De : Adrian Platts [[email protected]]
> Date d'envoi : 20 juillet 2011 12:53
> À : Sébastien Boisvert
> Cc : Walter Eckalbar; [email protected]
> Objet : Re: [Denovoassembler-users] RE : RE : Ray assembly kmer coverage 
> question
> 
>>
>> That is the first thing you should do I think. k=21 will pick up more 
>> redundant k-mers than k=31 or k=61.
>>
>> Basically, this is why:
>>
>>
>> If the sequencing error rate is > 4.7% (1/21), then mostly all k-mers will 
>> be unique and bad for k=21.
>> If the sequencing error rate is > 3.2% (1/31), then mostly all k-mers will 
>> be unique and bad for k=31.
>> If the sequencing error rate is > 1.6% (1/61), then mostly all k-mers will 
>> be unique and bad for k=61.
>>
>> I believe Illumina HiSeq TruSeq sequencing error rate varies between 0 and 2 
>> %. You mileage may vary however depending on the quality of DNA and library 
>> preparation (nicks
>> in DNA for instance during the library preparation).
>>
> 
> I believe that most people using long Kmers in assembly have been 3' 
> trimming/rejecting reads where they fall below (at least) Q=31 on a per read 
> basis and
> with the newer Illumina chemistries at Q=35.  I don't know of anyone who is 
> really putting raw FASTA read data directly into the assemblers - certainly 
> not when using long Kmers
> for exactly the reason above.
> 
> I suppose FASTQ data perhaps but the way the FASTQ data is dealt with can be 
> pretty different between assemblers so it can have mixed results I think.
> 
> Adrian
> 
> 

                                                     Sébastien

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