“Paired-end reads” is the most common way to phrase it (at least in my experience). One paired-end read comprises both ends and is equivalent to a read pair. I agree that “read pair” may be less confusing.
I wish “paired end read” always meant that, but I’ve encountered people saying “N paired end reads” to mean “N reads generated by paired end sequencing”, where “read” is either a forward or reverse read.
For example, copying from a recent email: “100 M paired end reads (50 M in each direction)”
“Paired-end reads” is the most common way to phrase it (at least in my experience). One paired-end read comprises both ends and is equivalent to a read pair. I agree that “read pair” may be less confusing.
I wish “paired end read” always meant that, but I’ve encountered people saying “N paired end reads” to mean “N reads generated by paired end sequencing”, where “read” is either a forward or reverse read.
For example, copying from a recent email: “100 M paired end reads (50 M in each direction)”