Thank you for a comment.
(1) I didn't know that PacBio has systematic deletion at homopolymer regions.
(2) Below is the IGV snapshot image of the region where Pilon introduced 43 bp deletion. Upper is the PacBio read mapping, while the lower is the Illumina read mapping. All PacBio reads were mapped to this region with ~40-45 bp insertion, and some of Illumina reads also showed insertion. PacBio coverages were even across this region, while Illumina mapping showed a noticeable peak. In my opinion, Pilon might have introduced an erroneous long deletion at this region possibly due to wrong mapping. Am I right?
