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Sequencing has errors - some in the PCR stage so not corrected by greater read depth for short reads (long reads are much more error prone). Genomes are dynami
by gravelc 9y ago
Sequencing has errors - some in the PCR stage so not corrected by greater read depth for short reads (long reads are much more error prone). Genomes are dynamic - they change. You are looking at the progeny or regenerated plant, not the original plant. Exact matching will not get you far.
- amelius 9y agoYeah, but still it's a pretty easy problem compared to de-novo sequencing, since you have a good reference to map to.