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What is solid-phase bridge amplification?
During Illumina sequencing there is a step called bridge amplification by which DNA is amplified by isothermal enzymes. What is this stage, and how does it work?
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What's the difference between shotgun sequencing and clone based sequencing?
What are the main differences between shotgun sequencing and clone based sequencing?
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Results of a complete DNA sequencing - are they 100% reusable?
Is that correct that a complete DNA sequencing (the whole genome) need only to be done once (per person)?
After that is done, it the complete genome can be stored and once the new genes (and they ...
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How are geneticists able to isolate gene functions?
As an example, this Scientific American article describes a known area in the dog genome that metabolizes carbohydrates.
How is it that researchers are able to determine specific functions such as ...
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How to create a collection of anonymous sequences for teaching and testing? [closed]
I am looking for a large collection (>1000) of sequence files (eg. FASTA) from any real organism or a tool to create such a collection.
The sequence files would be used for teaching and for testing ...
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Why was it so hard to decode the corn genome?
My teachers growing up told me it was impossible to decode the maize genome. But yet its been done.
Why was decoding the genome so significant, and what made it so difficult?
