BRAINCAKEAutomated Sequencing
Nowadays, the sequencing reaction takes place o a plastic slide called a flow cell. PCR is carried out on DNA placed on the slide and all the fragments are sequenced at the same time in parallel. A computer is used to analyse the results and billions of base pairs can be sequenced in less than 24 hours.
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Key terms in this lesson
- polymerase chain reaction
- A technique for rapidly amplifying small amounts of DNA in vitro, using repeated cycles of denaturation, primer annealing and extension by a heat-stable DNA polymerase.
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