Ratatosk: hybrid error correction of long reads enables accurate variant calling and assembly

Abstract A major challenge to long read sequencing data is their high error rate of up to 15%. We present Ratatosk, a method to correct long reads with short read data. We demonstrate on 5 human genome trios that Ratatosk reduces the error rate of long reads 6-fold on average with a median error rat...

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Main Authors: Guillaume Holley, Doruk Beyter, Helga Ingimundardottir, Peter L. Møller, Snædis Kristmundsdottir, Hannes P. Eggertsson, Bjarni V. Halldorsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Genome Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-020-02244-4