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  • nora
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    • Dec 2009
    • 11
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    BFAST mapping quality scores

    Dear all,

    Can anybody tell me what the BFAST mapping scores stand for? I know they go from 0-255 but I wonder how they are computed; and do they have anything to do with the probability of a false positive?
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    • nilshomer
      Nils Homer
      • Nov 2008
      • 1283
      #2
      Originally posted by nora View Post
      Dear all,

      Can anybody tell me what the BFAST mapping scores stand for? I know they go from 0-255 but I wonder how they are computed; and do they have anything to do with the probability of a false positive?
      See the following link for an discussion of how BFAST calculates mapping quality:
      Blat-like Fast Accurate Search Tool
      https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bfast/index.php?title=Mapping_Quality
      Download Blat-like Fast Accurate Search Tool for free. BFAST facilitates the fast and accurate mapping of short reads to reference sequences, where mapping billions of short reads with variants is of utmost importance.


      See this link (check the supplementary materials) behind the mathematical discussion behind mapping quality:
      http://genome.cshlp.org/content/18/11/1851.abstract

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        • nora
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          • Dec 2009
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          Thanks so much!

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