DNA sequencing
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DNA sequencing
n.
The determination of the sequence of nucleotides in a sample of DNA.
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base-sequence analysis
A generally automated method for determining the order of nucleotide bases in a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA).Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
DNA sequencing
The determination of the sequence of base pairs in a length of DNA.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
DNA sequencing
determination of the order of NUCLEOTIDES in a DNA molecule or part thereof. A number of techniques is available to determine a DNA sequence, for example the chain-terminator DNA sequencing procedure (see DIDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE). Generally such techniques rely on the power of polyacrylamide gels to resolve NUCLEIC ACID molecules that differ in length by only a single nucleotide. Ladders of DNA fragments are formed on the gels following ELECTROPHORESIS. Both manual and automated methods of sequencing are available.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005