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Using quality scores and longer reads improves accuracy of Solexa read mapping

Andrew D Smith†, Zhenyu Xuan† and Michael Q Zhang*

  • * Corresponding author: Michael Q Zhang mzhang@cshl.edu

  • † Equal contributors

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11274, USA

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BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9:128 doi:10.1186/1471-2105-9-128

Published: 28 February 2008

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Mapping performance comparison by using either chr6 or its COX alterantive haplotype. Comparing the mapping performance for RMAPM and RMAPQ when using either chr6 or its COX alterantive haplotype assembly.

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Reads mapped in genome and BACs by using different mapping criteria. Number of reads mapped to genome and BACs by using RMAPM or RMAPQ with different read length and maximum number of allowed mismatches.

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Mapping performance comparison with MAQ. Comparing the mapping performance between RMAPM, RMAPQ with MAQ by using different read length.

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Counting mismatches between reads and genomic sequence. The method used for counting mismatches between reads and genomic sequence.

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