Given an Ideal Sequencing Reaction of Approximately 500 Successive Nucleotides

question 44

Multiple Choice

Given an ideal sequencing reaction of approximately 500 successive nucleotides (excluding overlap) ,how many sequencing reactions would be needed to determine the complete human genome?

• A)3.2 billion
• B)12.5 million
• C)12.8 million
• D)6.4 million

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