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What is the illumina sequencing error rate?

I want to simulate Illumina short reads to investigate performance of my algorithm. I need to know what the sequencing error rate of Illumina is. I also need to have the reference of this information to be able to cite it.

sequencing illumina error

Actually I am using one of the existing softwares I just wanted to have a reference for the error rate.

It depends on the platform, chemistry, read length, and experiment; there's no single Illumina error rate. It can range from under 0.1% to over 10%.

As well as one the genomic context...

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See this table: http://www.molecularecologist.com/next-gen-table-3c-2014/

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