Thankfully not likely to be an issue for any of us given the slim chance we’d have the $ or throughput to use a HiSeq 4000/ExAmp – but always worth remembering that platform variation is huge and the technology and protocol can have a huge impact on any results!

From: bioinformatics-list-bounces@list.utas.edu.au [mailto:bioinformatics-list-bounces@list.utas.edu.au] On Behalf Of Michael Charleston
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Subject: ... and if you thought sequencing was all nice and accurate

https://www.wired.com/2017/04/geneticists-fear-illuminas-sequencers-may-distort-results/

Michael Charleston
Associate Professor in Bioinformatics

Co-director of Data, Knowledge and Decisions Research Theme

Head of UTAS node of EMBL-ABR
School of Physical Sciences
University of Tasmania
AUSTRALIA
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