11  NGS and TGS: principles

11.1 Platforms yields

11.2 Reads main differences

11.3 Illumina principle (sequencing by synthesis)

11.3.1 The fastq format

11.3.2 Quality assesment of Illumina

11.4 PacBio principle (sequencing by incorporation)

11.4.1 Throughput evolution

11.4.2 Quality assesment of PacBio

11.5 Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) principle

11.5.1 Platforms

11.5.2 The fast5 file format