Trimming long-read seq reads?

Question

[mendezmando23]

Hello all,

I have a quick, and possibly, dumb question, but I know that for short-read Illumina sequencing that people usually trim reads; however, for long-read sequencing does one need to trim read as well? Specifically for Pac Bio?

[GenoMax]

Someone directly knowledgeable will be along to provide an answer but you may find this paper interesting, if you are dealing with HiFidata.