Did anyone try the Mk 1 MinION?

08 January 2016 1 2K Report

I want to know if it is working as advertised. How many reads am I to expect in realistic settings? How bad is the quality?

Craig Silver

I've heard the error rate is very high.

"... reads that still call the wrong DNA bases as much as 30% of the time..."

http://www.bio-itworld.com/2014/12/22/nanopore-sequencing-here-stay.html

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