I think the following merge should be unambiguous. Read 1 is a 69 base-pair sequence with the first barcode from the first set prepended. Read 2 is a reverse complement of the 69 base-pair sequence with the first barcode from the second set prepended.
I think the following merge should be unambiguous. Read 1 is a 69 base-pair sequence with the first barcode from the first set prepended. Read 2 is a reverse complement of the 69 base-pair sequence with the first barcode from the second set prepended.
Barcodes are:
I think the problem is the same merge is counted in both the forward and reverse analysis steps.