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Vertebrate Genomes Project Plans to Combine Technologies for 'Near Gapless' Assemblies

Jan 17, 2018
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Andrea Anderson

SAN DIEGO (GenomeWeb) – Members of the international Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP) team this week provided details on the technology and assembly strategies being used for the first phase of an ambitious effort to establish reference genome assemblies for all existing vertebrate species.

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