Using Current DNA-Sequencing Technology, It Is Possible to Sequence an Entire

question 89

True/False

Using current DNA-sequencing technology, it is possible to sequence an entire chromosome (e.g., human chromosome 1, which contains approximately 250 million nucleotides) as one long molecule.

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Table

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