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Next-generation sequencing is limited to short read lengths and by high error rates. We systematically analyzed sources of noise in the Illumina Genome Analyzer that contribute to these high error rates and developed a base caller, Alta-Cyclic, that uses machine learning to compensate for noise factors. Alta-Cyclic substantially improved the number of accurate reads for sequencing runs up to 78 bases and reduced systematic biases, facilitating confident identification of sequence variants.
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We thank M. Rooks, E. Hodges, K. Fejes-Toth and C. Malone for help in preparing libraries. We thank M. Regulski, D. Rebolini and L. Cardone for Illumina sequencing, and T. Heywood for assistance with cluster computing. F. Chen, D. Hillman and J. Eisen (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) provided the Tetrahymena micronuclear library. Y.E. is a Goldberg-Lindsay Fellow of the Watson School of Biological Sciences. P.P.M. is a Crick-Clay Professor. G.J.H. is an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. This work was supported by grants from the US National Institute of Health, the National Science Foundation and the Stanley Foundation.
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Yaniv Erlich, Partha P Mitra, Melissa delaBastide, W Richard McCombie & Gregory J Hannon - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 11724, USA
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Erlich, Y., Mitra, P., delaBastide, M. et al. Alta-Cyclic: a self-optimizing base caller for next-generation sequencing.Nat Methods 5, 679–682 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1230
- Received: 10 March 2008
- Accepted: 02 June 2008
- Published: 06 July 2008
- Issue Date: August 2008
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1230