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Table 2 Swap probability calculations for Human & E. coli library mixture experiment

From: Characterization and remediation of sample index swaps by non-redundant dual indexing on massively parallel sequencing platforms

 

Read count

Total PF indexed readsa

842,853,260

Total Non-swapped reads

807,029,454

Total swapped reads

34,219,842

p(Total Swap) = (Total swapped reads) / (Total PF indexed reads) = 0.0406

 Undetermined i7 or i5 swaps (Human to Human or E. coli to E. coli swaps)

17,136,498

 Known i7 swaps (Human to E. coli or E. coli to Human swaps)

5,300,327

 Known i5 swaps (Human to E. coli or E. coli to Human swaps)

12,697,618

 Known double i7 and i5 swaps (Human to E. coli or E. coli to Human swaps)

689,363

 Estimated total i7 swaps = i7 / (i5 + i7) * undetermined + i7 + double swaps

110,36,324

 Estimated total i5 swaps = i5 / (i5 + i7) * undetermined + i5 + double swaps

25,476,845

p(i7 Swap) = (Estimated total i7) / (Non-swap + Undet. + Known i5 + Known i7 + Double) = 0.0131

p(i5 Swap) = (Estimated total i5) / (Non-swap + Undet. + Known i5 + Known i7 + Double) = 0.0302

  1. aAll passing filter reads with high quality index reads matching any index used in within pool