Table 2

Bases inserted due to incomplete extension.


Forward
Reverse

TTAAAATAAAAAAAAAGACGCAT
17
0
TTAAAATAAAAAAAAAGCGCAT
8
14
TAAAAAAATAAAAAACTAGGTTT
18
2
TAAAAAAATAAAAAACTGGTTT
11
13
TATTGTAAATAAAAAAAAAATAATACA
18
1
TATTGTAAATAAAAAAAAAATATACA
6
15

Paired output from count with the incorrect sequence followed by the corrected sequence. In each case, incomplete extension has resulted in the insertion of a spurious base in the following flow cycle in the forward direction, but no or very few reads in the reverse sense. When the spurious base is removed, the numbers are more nearly matched in the forward and reverse directions. In the third example, this effect caused a single A to be read as AA.

Parker and Parker Source Code for Biology and Medicine 2008 3:5   doi:10.1186/1751-0473-3-5