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Decoding a national treasure

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Originally posted:21st January 2010: 10:59 am
Short URL:http://gen2phen.org/node/11784
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DOI: 
10.1038/463303a
URL: 
http://feeds.nature.com/~r/nature/rss/current/~3/UdRjximzBqg/463303a

The giant-panda genome is the first reported de novo assembly of a large mammalian genome achieved using next-generation sequencing methods. The feat reflects a trend towards ever-decreasing genome-sequencing costs.

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