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Third-party library preparation kits

Hi all,

Could you please kindly explain to me what means third-party library preparation kits? Sorry if you find the question is basic.

Thanks

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updated by Devon Ryan Devon Ryan • written by seta seta

This is not really bioinformatics, is it? Do we even come in before the sequencing data is ready?

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written by Ram Ram

But isn't it essential to know how the data was generated and what kind of biases one should expect?

The term third party library prep kit means it is compatible with a certain sequencer (e.g. NextSeq or IonProton) but was not provided by the sequencer's company.

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written by michael.ante michael.ante

Fair point, that's essential, but then a lot more things become essential as well and we can also discuss pure biology, biochemistry, enzymatic reactions etc here, with on the other side server architecture and pure programming. But the scope of Biostars is to discuss bioinformatics.

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written by WouterDeCoster WouterDeCoster

Hello seta!

We believe that this post does not fit the main topic of this site.

Not related to bioinformatics, more appropriate for seqanswers (but already answered here now so eh)

For this reason we have closed your question. This allows us to keep the site focused on the topics that the community can help with.

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written by WouterDeCoster WouterDeCoster

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A third party kit would be one that isn't sold directly by Illumina. An example would be those from NEB, which we often use.

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written by Devon Ryan Devon Ryan

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