Making Contact with Sequencing's Fourth Generation
Author(s) -
Jeffrey M. Perkel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
biotechniques
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.617
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1940-9818
pISSN - 0736-6205
DOI - 10.2144/000113608
Subject(s) - dna sequencing , dna sequencer , genome , genomics , biology , computational biology , data science , computer science , genetics , dna , gene
Today's next-generation sequencing systems rely on optical detection to decode nucleotide sequences. But as Jeffrey Perkel reports, a new generation of optics-free sequencing instruments could result in longer reads, faster runs, and lower costs.
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