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Clarifying chance
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linsalrob authored Oct 4, 2022
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Expand Up @@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ Q = -10 log<sub>10<sub>(P<sub>e</sub>)
Where Q is the quality score, and P<sub>e</sub> is the probability of error in the base call. Quality scores range from 0 to 99, although 99 is usually used to mean that you have artificially inserted a sequence at that position (e.g. through manually editing the sequence). The meaning of quality scores are shown in the two tables below.


* Phred 10: 1 x 10<sup style="vertical-align: 50%; font-size:60%">1</sup> chance that the base is wrong
* Phred 20: 1 x 10<sup style="vertical-align: 50%; font-size:60%">2</sup> chance that the base is wrong
* Phred 30: 1 x 10<sup style="vertical-align: 50%; font-size:60%">3</sup> chance that the base is wrong
* Phred 40: 1 x 10<sup style="vertical-align: 50%; font-size:60%">4</sup> chance that the base is wrong
* Phred 10: 1 x 10<sup style="vertical-align: 50%; font-size:60%">1</sup> chance (1:10) that the base is wrong
* Phred 20: 1 x 10<sup style="vertical-align: 50%; font-size:60%">2</sup> chance (1:100) that the base is wrong
* Phred 30: 1 x 10<sup style="vertical-align: 50%; font-size:60%">3</sup> chance (1:1,000) that the base is wrong
* Phred 40: 1 x 10<sup style="vertical-align: 50%; font-size:60%">4</sup> chance (1:10,000) that the base is wrong

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