# \#reverse-complement

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## [reverse complementing](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/reverse-complementing/13461)

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**Author:** [@claudia](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/claudia)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/reverse-complementing/13461 "2020-02-04T18:25:20Z")

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Hi, Does Dada2 automatically reverse complement the reverse reads or do I need to do that before the denoising step? My reverse reads were provided to me in the forward orientation. I was not able to find that in the or…

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## [Producing the Reverse-complement of each sequence in fastq files](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/producing-the-reverse-complement-of-each-sequence-in-fastq-files/3094)

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**Author:** [@teleos](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/teleos)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/producing-the-reverse-complement-of-each-sequence-in-fastq-files/3094 "2018-02-19T17:45:50Z")

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Hi! I have forward fastq files and I would like to generate the reverse-complement. Is there a way to do this in qiime2? Thank you