Read pre-processing

http://edamontology.org/operation_3219

Pre-process sequence reads to ensure (or improve) quality and reliability.

Synonyms: Sequence read pre-processing

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For example process paired end reads to trim low quality ends remove short sequences, identify sequence inserts, detect chimeric reads, or remove low quality sequnces including vector, adaptor, low complexity and contaminant sequences. Sequences might come from genomic DNA library, EST libraries, SSH library and so on.

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Sequence read processing
Sequencing quality control