10-02-2019, 06:39 AM
The question of low percentage variants being errors has come up before.
I have also asked what percentage is to be used below which a variant can be considered to be an error.
There was no response.
In a medical laboratory setting, in which I worked as a scientist for 40 years, transcription error rates are intensively studied.
Error rates in the order of 2% could not be tolerated. When one is handling hundreds or thousands of figures per day, the death rate would be horrendous.
I have also asked what percentage is to be used below which a variant can be considered to be an error.
There was no response.
In a medical laboratory setting, in which I worked as a scientist for 40 years, transcription error rates are intensively studied.
Error rates in the order of 2% could not be tolerated. When one is handling hundreds or thousands of figures per day, the death rate would be horrendous.