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An analysis of the feasibility of short read sequencing

An analysis of the feasibility of short read sequencing
An analysis of the feasibility of short read sequencing
Several methods for ultra high-throughput DNA sequencing are currently under investigation. Many of these methods yield very short blocks of sequence information (reads). Here we report on an analysis showing the level of genome sequencing possible as a function of read length. It is shown that re-sequencing and de novo sequencing of the majority of a bacterial genome is possible with read lengths of 20-30 nt, and that reads of 50 nt can provide reconstructed contigs (a contiguous fragment of sequence data) of 1000 nt and greater that cover 80% of human chromosome 1.
high-throughput, human genome, dna, arrays, chip
0305-1048
e171
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Whiteford, Nava, Haslam, Niall, Weber, Gerald, Prugel-Bennett, Adam, Essex, Jonathan W., Roach, Peter L., Bradley, Mark and Neylon, Cameron (2005) An analysis of the feasibility of short read sequencing. Nucleic Acids Research, 33 (19), e171. (doi:10.1093/nar/gni170).

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Several methods for ultra high-throughput DNA sequencing are currently under investigation. Many of these methods yield very short blocks of sequence information (reads). Here we report on an analysis showing the level of genome sequencing possible as a function of read length. It is shown that re-sequencing and de novo sequencing of the majority of a bacterial genome is possible with read lengths of 20-30 nt, and that reads of 50 nt can provide reconstructed contigs (a contiguous fragment of sequence data) of 1000 nt and greater that cover 80% of human chromosome 1.

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Published date: November 2005
Keywords: high-throughput, human genome, dna, arrays, chip
Organisations: Southampton Wireless Group

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Local EPrints ID: 261605
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/261605
ISSN: 0305-1048
PURE UUID: ac6d6117-2416-4a37-8eba-80b741aa2c68
ORCID for Jonathan W. Essex: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2639-2746
ORCID for Peter L. Roach: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9880-2877

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Date deposited: 28 Nov 2005
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:46

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Author: Nava Whiteford
Author: Niall Haslam
Author: Gerald Weber
Author: Adam Prugel-Bennett
Author: Peter L. Roach ORCID iD
Author: Mark Bradley
Author: Cameron Neylon

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