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That Sequencer is So Last Year

Mar 16, 2007

Over at Evolgen, blogger RPM discusses the pros and cons of Sanger, 454, and Solexa sequencing. Solexa, he says, may make 454 the "laser disk of DNA sequencing" -- something that never quite got a grip on the market before becoming outdated. In end, though, he concludes that the best method to use just depends on the goals of your project.

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