Long walk to genomics: History and current approaches to genome sequencing and assembly

Genomes represent the starting point of genetic studies. Since the discovery of DNA structure, scientists have devoted great efforts to determine their sequence in an exact way. In this review we provide a comprehensive historical background of the improvements in DNA sequencing technologies that ha...

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Main Authors: Alice Maria Giani, Guido Roberto Gallo, Luca Gianfranceschi, Giulio Formenti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2001037019303277