> That's a prevalent misconception even in the scientific community. Sure, each read has 1% incorrect bases (0.01). But each segment of DNA is read many times over. More or less 0.01^(many times) ≈ 0 incorrect bases.
That's true in targeted sequencing, but when you try to sequence a whole genome, this is unlikely.
That's true in targeted sequencing, but when you try to sequence a whole genome, this is unlikely.