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What is an illumina technical sequence?

Hi all,

I am using trimmomatic and in their manual here they mention adapters and technical sequences.Could some one please tell me what is a technical sequence? I can not find info about this.

Thank you in advance.

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written by shinken123 shinken123

Hello shinken123!

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Please use google for an introduction to Illumina sequencing.

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written by ATpoint ATpoint

Thanks. I am asking this because is very clear what is an adapter, but I can not find the definition anywhere for a technical sequence.

Cheers

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written by shinken123 shinken123

An adapter is a technical sequence. Adapter + Index + the 5' parts that bind to the flow cell = technical.

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