description:Filtlong filters long reads based on quality measures or short read data.
keywords:
- nanopore
- quality control
- QC
- filtering
- long reads
- short reads
tools:
- filtlong:
description:Filtlong is a tool for filtering long reads. It can take a set of long reads and produce a smaller, better subset. It uses both read length (longer is better) and read identity (higher is better) when choosing which reads pass the filter.