Science October 22nd, 2013 Better sequences (and fewer homopolymer errors) for Ion Torrent The short read files that Ion Torrent’s sequencing machines give us still contain many homopolymer errors: errors in the number of bases called when a single nucleotide occurs more than once in sequence. This makes alignment harder and drowns real indels in a sea of noise. These homopolymer errors arise … Written by Nate
