diff --git a/blog/svpooling.md b/blog/svpooling.md index 9d3ac5787..8df2c97e0 100644 --- a/blog/svpooling.md +++ b/blog/svpooling.md @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ refers to the number of sequences present at a given genomic position. Think of coverage as horizontal and depth as vertical. If depth is given as "15X", that means every sequenced genomic position has about 15 sequences per position (a.k.a. 15 replicates per locus). For clarity, when we say "depth", -we are referring to this "vertical" description of replicates per locus. +we are referring to this "vertical" description of replicates per locus. +![The difference between depth and coverage. The locus on the left would be considered 5X.](/static/depth_coverage.png) ### Depth, in context Historically, one would have wanted to sequence fewer individuals at higher depth to get confident genotype calls, rather than sequence more individuals at lower depth. diff --git a/static/depth_coverage.png b/static/depth_coverage.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6b5221d55 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/depth_coverage.png differ diff --git a/static/depth_coverage.svg b/static/depth_coverage.svg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..623ba9c19 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/depth_coverage.svg @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ + + + +coveragegenomesequencedepth